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Table games revenue increases 15.5% in June

HARRISBURG - Revenue from table games play at Pennsylvania casinos was $57.1 million in June 2012, according to a report released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. That represented a 15.5% increase in revenue from table games during June of this year compared to June of 2011.

The June figure boosted table games revenue during the 2011/12 Fiscal Year to $663.9 million, an increase of 30.8% over the previous state Fiscal Year.

The monthly report, posted on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, shows $9.2 million in tax revenue generate from table games this June and a total tax revenue from table games during Fiscal Year 2011/12 of $107 million.

Pennsylvania taxes gross revenue from table games at 16%. Of that amount, 14% goes the to the Commonwealth’s General Fund and 2% to the Local Share Assessment.

Combined with the slot machine revenue generated in 2011/12, total combined revenue from casino gaming was $3,140,629,989 or 10% higher than in the 2010/11 Fiscal Year. Combined tax revenue from slot machines and table games for the 2011/2012 Fiscal Year was $1,452,526,837 compared to $1,365,365,989 produced the previous Fiscal Year.

Casino

June 2012 Tables

June 2012 Gross Revenue

June
2011 Tables

June 2011 Gross Revenue

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

152

$12,673,927

129

$8,567,465

Parx Casino

182

$8,850,173

172

$9,932,071

SugarHouse Casino

54

$6,558,316

43

$6,503,012

Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack

125

$5,845,083

121

$6,098,999

Rivers Casino

115

$5,040,194

107

$4,698,180

The Meadows Racetrack and Casino

80

$4,469,122

71

$2,252,948

Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs

84

$3,401,159

84

$3,301,597

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

69

$3,388,370

61

$3,144,637

Mount Airy Casino Resort

71

$3,326,529

72

$3,119,940

Valley Forge Casino Resort

50

$2,294,088

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Presque Isle Downs and Casino

53

$1,213,352

44

$1,784,247

Statewide Total

1,035

$57,060,313

904

$49,403,095

 

 


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