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Meadows table games revenue up

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Table games revenue at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino in August was a mix of good and bad news.

The good was a 4.2 percent increase in gross revenue from July. The bad: a 6.4 percent decrease from August 2012.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said in a report this week that the North Strabane Township casino had $3,024,425 in revenue from 80 tables last month, a $123,056 rise from $2,901,369 in July. But the August figure was $195,908 down from $3,220,333 one year earlier.

Year-over-year table games revenue has been up at The Meadows for most months of 2013. Table games revenue, however, tends to be more variable than slots revenue, a category in which The Meadows has experienced decreases the past nine months and 12 of 14.

The 12 casinos statewide generated $63.5 million in table games revenue last month, a 6.1 percent increase over August 2012 ($59.9 million).

Eight of those casinos experienced a revenue increase in August over the previous month. Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin, in Fayette County, which opened only July 1 in Fayette County, had a 104 percent increase – from $241,745 in its inaugural month to $492,789 in August. Lady Luck operated 28 tables.

Rivers Casino, on the North Shore of Pittsburgh, had a gross revenue increase of 14.7 percent from $5,329,774 in July to $6,116,554 (113 tables).

Statewide, table games generated $9.1 million in tax revenue in August, up from $8.6 million the month before.

Overall gross revenue from table games and slots was $268,9 million in August, down about $1.5 million from 12 months earlier.

In a separate announcement Wednesday, the PGCB levied a fine of $7,500 against Washington Trotting Association, Inc., operator of The Meadows Racetrack & Casino for allowing promotional mailings to be sent to 17 individuals on the Gaming Control Board’s Self-Exclusion List.

The PGCB’s Self-Exclusion Program permits problem gamblers to ban themselves from gambling at Pennsylvania casinos. The self-excluded individual is informed at the time when they agree to be placed on the list that they could be charged with criminal trespass if they enter a Pennsylvania casino. In addition, the casino also agrees to follow procedures to remove self-excluded persons from targeted mailings along with other forms of advertising or promotions.

To date, more than 5,500 individuals have requested to be excluded from Pennsylvania casinos.

For more information. visit www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov.

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