Atlantic City’s casinos started 2019 on solid footing, as hot slots overcame cold tables.

According to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, Atlantic City’s nine casino operators reported brick-and-mortar gaming revenue of $177.3m in January, a 9.2% improvement over January 2018’s result.

That said, it bears mentioning that the previous January suffered from a blizzard that dumped a foot of snow on the seaside gambling hub, which artificially depressed that month’s numbers (while also depressing the hell out of local residents). And January 2019’s total was nearly $32m below December 2018’s holiday-aided haul.

At any rate, January’s gains were entirely due to its slot machines, which reported revenue up 15.1% to $126.1m, while the table game total was down 3.1% to $51.2m. Add in the record $33.6m generated in January by the casinos’ online gambling partners plus the $18.8m from sports betting and the month’s total gaming revenue figure was up nearly one-quarter to $229.6m.