Meadows biggest percentage gainer in latest table games revenue report
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Monday revenue from table games rose 11.6 percent in April, a month that saw The Meadows Casino take the lead as the biggest percentage gainer among the state’s 12 casinos.
According to the PGCB, total table games revenue in April was $72,206,809 up from $64,684,083 reported in April 2015.
When that amount is combined with the earlier reported April slot machine revenue, total gaming revenue was 3.9 percent higher than April of last year, the eighth consecutive month in which overall casino gaming revenue increased in Pennsylvania. The last decrease occurred in August 2015.
Total tax revenue from table games play during April was $10,264,271 with an average of 1,186 tables in operation statewide on a daily basis. Table game tax is calculated as 14 percent of the gross revenue.
The Meadows Casino was the biggest percentage gainer in table games gross revenue in April, taking in $2,840,161, up 48.09 percent from the $1,917819 it collected in April of a year ago.
Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino saw its table games produce gross revenue of $6,652,603, up 6.26 percent from the $6,260,397 wagered in April 2015.
Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin, which took in $459,271, saw a 10.58 percent decline from the $513,637 received last April.