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Tue, 08/18/2015 - 06:18

PA Table Games Revenue Increases More Than 13% in July

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Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Commonwealth Tower, Strawberry Square
927 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17725
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Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey
(717) 346-8945

Overall casino gaming revenue in the Commonwealth increased 6.7%

HARRISBURG, PA:  Pennsylvania revenue figures from the play of table games during July were released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and show a 13.2% increase in revenue over July 2014.

Posted on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, the report shows that July’s gross table games revenue was $69,167,910 or approximately $8 million higher than in July 2014 when revenue totaled $61,108,776.

This revenue resulted in $9,986,456 in tax revenue with an average of 1,132 tables in operation statewide on a daily basis.

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

Casino

July 2015 Tables Revenue

July 2014 Tables Revenue

% Change

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

$18,884,193

$14,443,291

30.75%

Parx Casino

$12,513,548

$10,561,582

18.48%

SugarHouse Casino

$6,945,413

$6,840,130

1.54%

Rivers Casino

$5,703,472

$5,683,312

0.35%

Harrah's Philadelphia

$5,482,863

$5,879,947

-6.75%

Mohegan Sun Pocono

$4,622,217

$4,292,437

7.68%

Mount Airy Casino Resort

$4,241,053

$3,195,427

32.72%

The Meadows Casino

$3,182,734

$3,057,586

4.09%

Valley Forge Casino Resort

$3,153,947

$3,005,852

4.93%

Hollywood Casino at Penn National

$3,043,953

$2,408,165

26.40%

Presque Isle Downs and Casino

$1,000,285

$1,220,730

-18.06%

Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin

$394,233

$520,320

-24.23%

Statewide Total

$69,167,910

$61,108,776

13.19%

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.