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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-11-29</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000906780</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>EMPIRE RESORTS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NYNY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001432054</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>CAPPELLI LOUIS</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CAPPELLI ENTERPRISES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>115 STEVENS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VALHALLA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10595</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See foonote (2)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001437954</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>LRC Acquisition LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CAPPELLI ENTERPRISES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>115 STEVENS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VALHALLA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10595</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnote (2)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001437929</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Cappelli Resorts LLC</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CAPPELLI ENTERPRISES, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>115 STEVENS AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>VALHALLA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10595</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>1</isOther>
            <otherText>See footnote (2)</otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $0.1 par value per share</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-11-29</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>40100</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>1.10</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5291419</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By LRC Acquisition LLC</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The amount reported in Column 4 is a sum of shares sold in multiple transactions, all at the price of $1.10 per share.  The Reporting Persons undertake to provide to Empire Resorts, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;), any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold  in each separate transaction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Louis R. Cappelli (&quot;Cappelli&quot;) serves as the managing member and majority owner of LRC Acquisition LLC (&quot;LRC&quot;) and Cappelli Resorts LLC (&quot;Resorts&quot;), and indirectly owns 5,129,986 shares of the Company's Common Stock, $.01 par value per share.  Cappelli directly owns (i) 98,333 options which are currently exercisable and (ii) 10,000 of restricted stock issued on January 4, 2010 pursuant to the Company's 2005 Equity Incentive Plan, which shares will vest on January 4, 2011. LRC directly owns 3,955,474 of shares.  Resorts directly owns 1,174,512 shares.  Each of Cappelli, LRC and Resorts beneficially owns less than ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of the Company.  Each of Cappelli, LRC and Resorts disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares reported on this Form 4 other than the shares directly owned by such person.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ LOUIS R. CAPPELLI</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>LRC ACQUISITION LLC                                          /s/ LOUIS R. CAPPELLI, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>CAPPELLI RESORTS LLC                                              /s/ LOUIS R. CAPPELLI, Managing Member</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-12-01</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
