Meadows’ table games revenue falls 22 percent
Table games revenue at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino plummeted 22 percent last month compared with July 2012.
In a report released Monday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said the North Strabane Township casino had $2,901,369 in gross revenue in July, $856,366 below the July 2012 figure of $3,757,735.
Year-over-year table games revenue was up at The Meadows for most months in 2013. Table games revenue, however, tends to be more variable than slots revenue.
Revenue at the 12 casinos statewide was up 6.1 percent, from $56.5 million to $59.5 million. This July’s figure was buffeted somewhat by the $241,745 pulled in at Lady Luck Casino Namacolin, which opened July 1. Lady Luck operates 28 tables.
Table games generated $8.6 million in tax revenue in July. Slots machine revenue figures were reported earlier this month, and the two categories of casino play resulted in total refvenue of $264,860,050 for July – a 1.7 percent decrease from $269,354,774 for that momnth in 2012.
Seven of the 11 casinos operating in Pennsylvania for at least the past two Julys experienced a year-over-year increase, including Rivers Casino on the North Shore of Pittsburgh ($5,329,774 at 114 tables in 2013 compared with $5,229,162 at 116 tables).
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