Table Games Revenue For December Up More Than 15%

Total casino revenue in Pennsylvania tops $3 Billion for 4th consecutive year

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that gross revenue from the play of table games at Pennsylvania casinos in December 2014 increased 15.3% over revenue in December 2013.

The report was posted on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, under the Revenue section of the site. The gross table games revenue breakdown for each of the casinos in December 2014 compared with December 2013 revenue is as follows:

Casino	December 2014 Tables	December 2014 Gross Revenue	December 2013 Tables	December 2013 Gross Revenue
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem	206	$20,926,257	183	$14,194,356
Parx Casino	154	$11,597,102	165	$10,180,171
SugarHouse Casino	84	$8,181,145	58	$7,281,959
Rivers Casino	113	$5,690,285	113	$5,593,869
Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack	120	$4,979,712	126	$7,089,634
Mount Airy Casino Resort	80	$3,478,429	74	$3,062,778
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs	91	$3,390,943	84	$3,397,647
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course	70	$3,324,890	69	$2,830,904
Valley Forge Casino Resort	50	$2,584,582	50	$2,194,593
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino	81	$2,492,947	75	$1,746,776
Presque Isle Downs and Casino	47	$915,987	46	$1,053,511
Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin	29	$437,372	28	$348,432
Statewide Total	1,125	$67,999,652	1,071	$58,974,629

The December increase boosted 2014 gross table games revenue to an amount 2.7% above that for 2013 ($749.5 million compared to $729.8 million). Casino-by-casino comparisons for the calendar year are in the following chart:

Casino	Gross Table Games Revenue 2014	Gross Table Games Revenue 2013
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem	$188,974,141	$176,577,739
Parx Casino	$129,884,887	$119,244,192
SugarHouse Casino	$90,755,766	$84,797,895
Rivers Casino	$69,360,716	$67,702,280
Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack	$68,989,732	$77,285,609
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs	$45,644,444	$43,764,894
Mount Airy Casino Resort	$43,028,021	$40,523,390
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course	$33,396,373	$36,427,141
Valley Forge Casino Resort	$33,209,169	$33,046,232
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino	$28,154,170	$34,552,104
Presque Isle Downs and Casino	$13,069,815	$13,513,477
Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin	$5,075,983	$2,395,413*
Statewide Total	$749,543,217	$729,830,365

* Partial year figure; Lady Luck opened in July 2013

Coupled with the earlier announced increase of nearly 6% in slot machine revenue during December 2014, Pennsylvania’s casinos showed a combined gaming revenue increase of 8.2% over December 2013.

Looking at calendar year 2014, combined gaming revenue dropped 1.44% from 2013, but still marked the 4^th straight year in which the revenue figure topped $3 billion ($3.07 billion from $3.11 billion).

The following chart tracks slot machine and table games gross revenue since the first slots-only casino opened in November 2006. Table games were added to Pennsylvania casinos in July 2010.

Calendar Year	Gross Slot Machine Revenue	Gross Table Games Revenue	Total Gaming Revenue
2006	$31,567,926	n/a	$31,567,926
2007	$1,039,030,723	n/a	$1,039,030,723
2008	$1,615,565,758	n/a	$1,615,565,758
2009	$1,964,570,480	n/a	$1,964,570,480
2010	$2,273,934,190	$212,473,871	$2,486,408,061
2011	$2,405,867,897	$618,905,062	$3,024,772,959
2012	$2,470,935,317	$687,382,546	$3,158,317,863
2013	$2,384,098,225	$729,830,365	$3,113,928,590
2014	$2,319,534,380	$749,543,217	$3,069,077,597

Tax revenue in 2014 from the combined play of slot machines and table games was $1,347,672,231. Slot machines are taxed at an approximate 54% rate while table games are taxed at 14%.

Total gaming revenue generated since the first casino opened in Pennsylvania totals over $19.5 billion through the end of 2014, while revenue returned to Pennsylvania citizens in the form of taxes and license fees is approximately $10.5 billion dollars.

About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board:

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established in 2004 and is tasked to oversee all aspects of the state’s casino industry. There are 10 stand-alone and racetrack casinos in operation, along with the two resort casinos. These facilities collectively employ over 17,700 people and generate an average of $3.7 million per day in tax revenue from slot machine and table games play. The largest portion of that money is used for property tax reduction to all Pennsylvania homeowners with additional tax revenue going to the horse racing industry, economic development projects, fire companies, county fairs, water and sewer projects, the Commonwealth’s General Fund, and to local governments that host casinos.

Additional information about both the PGCB’s regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov. You can also follow the agency on Twitter by choosing @PAGamingControl.

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