Atlantic City casino tables help break two-month losing streak

Atlantic City casinos broke their two-month losing streak by posting an extremely modest brick-and-mortar gaming revenue increase in April.

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) released its April casino report card on Monday, which showed the state’s seven licensed operators earning a combined $191.4m from their brick-and-mortar gaming operations in April, up a mere 0.3% from the same month last year, but hey, a gain is a gain is a gain.

Unlike the previous two months, the state’s table games really came through for AC’s casinos in April, with revenue spiking 11.4% to $54.9m, while slot machine revenue played spoiler by slipping 3.6% to $136.5m. Counting the $23m contributed by the casinos’ online gambling operations, April’s overall gaming win improved 1.3% to $214.4m.

The Borgata suffered a 9.1% year-on-year brick-and-mortar gaming revenue decline in April, but its $53.1m was still enough to outclass its competitors. Runner-up Harrah’s improved 7.8% to $29.1m, just ahead of its sister site Caesars AC, which gained 3.9% to $29m.