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Mount Airy slot revenue up significantly over past year
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site today that August gross revenue at the 11 operating casinos was $210,584,315, a figure 5.7% higher than gross revenue from slots in August 2011.
Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County more than doubled that, with an over 13 percent increase in revenue.
For the 10 casinos that were open for the full month of August in both 2011 and 2012 there was also an increase in slot machine gross revenue of 3.7%. That comparison does not include the Valley Forge Casino Resort which opened at the end of March 2012.
Tax revenue to the Commonwealth this August totaled $113,558,137.
Gross revenue for each of the casinos operating in August 2012 is as follows, with the percentage change reflected for those casinos that were operating in August of both years:
Casino |
August 2012 |
August 2011 |
% change |
Parx Casino |
$31,482,807.40 |
$29,846,575.68 |
5.48% |
Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem |
$24,889,821.42 |
$21,758,903.96 |
14.39% |
Rivers Casino |
$23,955,436.86 |
$22,822,314.22 |
4.96% |
Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack |
$21,898,029.71 |
$20,679,056.46 |
5.89% |
The Meadows Racetrack and Casino |
$20,799,199.99 |
$21,658,582.42 |
-3.97% |
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Racecourse |
$20,259,206.73 |
$20,397,996.52 |
-0.68% |
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs |
$20,025,032.08 |
$20,687,485.15 |
-3.20% |
SugarHouse Casino |
$15,828,340.15 |
$14,162,421.49 |
11.76% |
Mount Airy Casino Resort |
$14,121,789.56 |
$12,464,545.37 |
13.30% |
Presque Isle Downs and Casino |
$13,351,732.40 |
$14,703,938.84 |
-9.20% |
Valley Forge Casino Resort |
$3,972,918.88 |
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Statewide Total |
$210,584,315.18 |
$199,181,820.11 |
5.72% |
For comparison purposes, the average number of operating slot machines throughout Pennsylvania at the 11 casinos was 26,581 in August 2012 compared to 26,327 at the 10 casinos in operation during August 2011.
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