Golf Articles: The Best Bet — By Katharine Dyson

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Whether your game is Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, or Poker, look no further than the Northeast to spin the wheel or roll the dice. New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey are home to some of the region’s finest resort casinos, where gaming and golf happily coexist with major entertainment complexes, first-class spa facilities, shopping, dining, and more. Here’s your insider’s guide to the best golf and gaming properties the Northeast has to offer. Turning Stone Resort & Casino, New York Set in a rural landscape of forests, blue Harvestor silos, red barns, and grazing cattle, Turning Stone Resort & Casino in Verona, N.Y., is a destination unto itself that welcomes more than 4 million visitors a year. Before the Oneida Indian Nation built this resort in 1993, the town’s claim to fame was harness races. But thanks to the new resort casino, there's a lot more to bet on with now more than 80 table games, 2,400 Instant Multi-Games machines, and even a skins game at one of Turning Stone’s five world-class golf courses. Pleasant Knolls and Sandstone Hallow are the shorter nine-hole courses here. Pleasant Knolls is a leisurely track with wide fairways and rolling terrain, while Sandstone Hollow, designed by Rick Smith, gets high marks from even low handicappers who find the layout both challenging and fun. The resort’s 18-hole courses are Atunyote, Kaluhyat, and Shenendoah—arguably some of the best golf courses in the state. Atunyote, a Tom Fazio gem and the longest of the three, is a links-style course with lakes, vast bunkers, rock......