Aug 4, 2015 2 min read

HARRISBURG — The Meadows Casino saw a 3.45 percent increase in its gross revenue from slot machines in July, according to the latest figures from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The PGCB said statewide revenue from slot machines rose by nearly 5 percent in the first full month of the 2015-2016 fiscal year.

The monthly report posted on the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, shows that July gross revenue from slots was $211,008,864, or 4.76 percent higher than the $201,416,899 in revenue generated in July 2014.

Tax revenue collected by the commonwealth from the play of slot machines was $112,504,002 this July.

The average number of operating slot machines throughout Pennsylvania casinos was 26,324 in July 2015 compared to 26,400 in July 2014.

The Meadows had July slots gross revenue of $19,866,039, up from $19,203,492 reported in July 2014.

At Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casi no, slots gross revenue in July produced $24,342,109, up 0.33 percent from July of last year.

Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin in Farmington saw its slots revenue jump 18.30 percent, to $3,014,650 from $2,548,388 in July 2014.

There are 10 stand-alone and racetrack casinos in operation, along with the two resort casinos. According to PGCB, these facilities collectively employ more than 17,000 people and generate an average of $3.7 million per day in tax revenue from slot machine and table games play.

The largest portion of that money is used for property tax reduction to all Pennsylvania homeowners with additional tax revenue going to the horse racing industry, economic development projects, fire companies, county fairs, water and sewer projects, the commonwealth’s general fund, and to local governments that host casinos.