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Wed, 12/16/2015 - 07:04

2.8% Increase in PA Table Games Revenue Reported for November

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Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Commonwealth Tower, Strawberry Square
944 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17742
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Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey
(717) 346-8962

Overall casino gaming revenue up 2.4% during month

HARRISBURG, PA:  Gross revenue from gambling at table games in Pennsylvania casinos during November 2015 was 2.83% higher than November of last year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

Posted on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, the report shows that this November’s gross table games revenue was $65,579,697 compared to $63,775,743 in revenue produced by the 12 casinos during November 2014. 

Total tax revenue from table games play during November was $9,325,617 with an average of 1,159 tables in operation statewide on a daily basis.

Gross table games revenue for each of the casinos for November 2015 and November 2014 is as follows:

Casino

November 2015 
Table Games Revenue

November 2014 Table Games Revenue

% Change

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

$17,831,522

$17,128,472

4.10%

Parx Casino

$11,964,508

$10,966,413

9.10%

SugarHouse Casino

$8,141,088

$8,297,705

-1.89%

Rivers Casino

$5,667,955

$6,111,884

-7.26%

Harrah's Philadelphia

$5,470,667

$5,253,420

4.14%

Mount Airy Casino Resort

$3,811,006

$4,084,470

-6.70%

Mohegan Sun Pocono

$3,402,320

$3,560,587

-4.44%

Valley Forge Casino Resort

$2,822,614

$2,586,977

9.11%

Hollywood Casino at Penn National

$2,512,465

$2,465,911

1.89%

The Meadows Casino

$2,306,954

$1,834,577

25.75%

Presque Isle Downs and Casino

$1,220,439

$1,187,976

2.73%

Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin

$428,159

$297,351

43.99%

Statewide Total

$65,579,697

$63,775,743

2.83%

The increase in table games revenue coupled with the earlier reported 2.2% increase in slots revenue for November resulted in an overall gaming revenue increase for the month of 2.4%.

Casino

November 2015
Total Gaming Revenue

November 2014
Total Gaming Revenue

% Change

Parx Casino

$42,218,160

$40,551,256

4.11%

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

$42,043,226

$40,111,156

4.82%

Rivers Casino

$27,523,994

$28,124,964

-2.14%

Harrah's Philadelphia

$22,446,318

$22,871,671

-1.86%

SugarHouse Casino

$21,414,009

$21,740,835

-1.50%

Mohegan Sun Pocono

$21,235,088

$20,487,713

3.65%

The Meadows Casino

$20,353,753

$18,112,540

12.37%

Hollywood Casino at Penn National

$19,082,929

$19,137,643

-0.29%

Mount Airy Casino Resort

$14,861,076

$15,148,534

-1.90%

Presque Isle Downs and Casino

$10,248,342

$9,380,891

9.25%

Valley Forge Casino Resort

$8,898,735

$8,750,051

1.70%

Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin

$2,794,935

$2,800,395

-0.19%

Statewide Total

$253,120,566

$247,217,647

2.39%

 

About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of gambling involving 17 land-based casinos, online casino games, retail and online sports wagering, and Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) at qualified truck stops, along with the regulation of online fantasy sports contests.


The land-based casino industry in Pennsylvania consists of six racetrack (Category 1) casinos, five stand-alone (Category 2) casinos, two resort (Category 3) casinos and four mini-casinos (Category 4). A significant job generator in the Commonwealth, casinos and the other types of Board-regulated gaming generated $2.8 billion in tax revenue and fees in 2024/25.

Additional information about both the PGCB’s gaming regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov.