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Wed, 07/15/2015 - 12:56

Both Casino Slots and Table Games Revenue Increase

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Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Commonwealth Tower, Strawberry Square
923 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17721
CONTACT :
Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey
(717) 346-8941

in Pennsylvania During the 2014/2015 Fiscal Year

HARRISBURG, PA:  The $3.1 billion of gross revenue generated during the recently completed 2014/2015 State Fiscal Year from the combined play of slot machines and table games was more than 2% over the previous Fiscal Year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The monthly table games report posted on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, shows that over $67 million in table games revenue was generated during June 2015, a 16% increase compared to June 2014.  That revenue boosted total table games revenue during the 2014/2015 Fiscal Year to almost $780 million, a 6.5% increase over the 2013/2014 Fiscal Year.  Total tax revenue from table games during Fiscal Year 2014/2015 was $112,158,589.

A comparison of gross table games revenue of the past two Junes and for the past two Fiscal Years is as follows:

Casino

June 2015 Gross Revenue

June 2014 Gross Revenue

% Change

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

$17,542,517

$13,857,814

26.59%

Parx Casino

$12,514,906

$10,220,393

22.45%

SugarHouse Casino

$8,640,390

$6,712,199

28.73%

Rivers Casino

$5,524,073

$5,371,000

2.85%

Harrah's Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack

$5,266,922

$5,520,712

-4.60%

Mohegan Sun Pocono

$3,678,459

$3,845,303

-4.34%

Mount Airy Casino Resort

$3,503,061

$3,300,399

6.14%

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

$3,020,486

$2,759,489

9.46%

The Meadows Casino

$2,557,775

$2,673,607

-4.33%

Valley Forge Casino Resort

$3,134,117

$2,189,322

43.15%

Presque Isle Downs and Casino

$1,162,820

$869,839

33.68%

Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin

$461,854

$478,742

-3.53%

Statewide Total

$67,007,380

$57,798,818

15.93%

 

Casino

Gross Table Games Revenue FY 2014/2015

Gross Table Games Revenue FY 2013/2014

 % Change

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

$203,013,659

$177,243,417

14.54%

Parx Casino

$137,018,239

$123,302,380

11.12%

SugarHouse Casino

$94,341,590

$86,213,180

9.43%

Rivers Casino

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.