May Table Games Revenue Up Over Previous Year

Overall casino revenue also slightly higher in May

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that revenue from the play of table games at Pennsylvania casinos during May of 2014 was up 2.3% over revenue generated last year.

According to a report posted today on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, May’s gross table games revenue generated by 12 casinos was $64,176,092 or $1,417,594 higher than in May 2013 when revenue totaled $62,758,499.

With an average of 1,091 tables in operation statewide on a daily basis, tax revenue produced this May was $9,231,300.

Coupled with figures on slot machine revenue released earlier this month, overall gross revenue from both slots and tables was $275,006,769 this May, slightly higher than the $274,003,634 generated in May of last year.

Gross revenue for each of the casinos in May 2014 compared to May 2013 is as follows:

Casino	May 2014 Tables	May 2014 Gross Revenue	May 2013 Tables	May 2013 Gross Revenue
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem	200	$15,472,382	183	$13,812,614
Parx Casino	148	$10,755,652	165	$10,128,410
SugarHouse Casino	62	$7,734,498	58	$7,109,503
Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack	126	$6,534,572	121	$6,876,374
Rivers Casino	113	$5,766,476	114	$5,531,932
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs	87	$3,867,993	84	$3,755,089
Mount Airy Casino Resort	80	$3,628,970	72	$3,519,793
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course	70	$3,129,588	69	$3,296,713
Valley Forge Casino Resort	50	$2,942,435	50	$3,268,253
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino	81	$2,905,989	80	$4,134,336
Presque Isle Downs and Casino	46	$1,084,561	46	$1,325,482
Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin (opened 7/1/13)	28	$352,976	N/A	N/A
Statewide Total	1,091	$64,176,092	1,042	$62,758,499

About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board:

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established in 2004 with the passage of Act 71, also known as the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. Pennsylvania’s first new state agency in nearly 30 years, the Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of the state’s casino industry. The 12 casinos in operation all offer both slot machine and table game gambling, employ over 16,000 people, and collectively generate an average of $4 million per day in tax revenue. A portion of that money is used for property tax reduction to all Pennsylvania homeowners; provide funds to the Commonwealth’s horse racing industry, fire companies, a statewide water and sewer project grant program, and the state’s General Fund; and, established a new stream of tax revenue to local governments that host casinos for community projects.

A wealth of information about the Gaming Control Board’s regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov. At this website, visitors can watch Board meetings live or view videos of past meetings, look up future meeting schedules and past meeting transcripts, obtain information on identifying a gambling problem and gaining assistance, access an interactive map of casino locations, request a speaker for their group, along with much more information. You can also follow the agency on Twitter by choosing @PAGamingControl.

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