Pa. slots revenue increases 4 percent
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HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania saw revenue from slot machines rise 4 percent in September, according to a news release Friday from state gaming control board.
According to the PGCB report, September gross revenue from slot machines at the 12 casinos was $187,599,888, a 4.04 percent jump in revenue when compared to the $180,311,642 generated in September 2014.
The board said tax revenue in September was $100,240,924.
At The Meadows Casino, September slots revenue jumped 5.99 percent from $16,552,170 in September 2014 to $17,543,672 last month. According to a news release from The Meadows, the jump in gross slots revenue came in a month when the North Strabane Township gaming venue paid out $12,070,142 in jackpots, the second conscutive highest monthly jackpot amount since the casino began operations in 2007.
The September payout included a $343,676 jackpot that hit on Sept. 30.
Kevin Brogan, director of marketing at The Meadows, said part of the reason for the jump in revenue was because of a Labor Day weekend that fell entirely in September this year. Labor Day for 2014 fell Sept. 1.
Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino saw its gross slots revenue decline 2.44 percent, from $21,581,302 in September 2014, to $20,992,576 last month.
At Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin in Farmington, gross slots revenue jumped 11.43 percent, rising to $2,511,724 from $2,254,168 it collected in September 2014.
The average number of slot machines operating daily at the 12 casinos was 26,229 during September compared to 26,400 in September of a year ago.