Atlantic City casinos enjoy “great start to the summer”

Atlantic City casinos reported year-on-year gaming revenue rising in May, even without the help of their surging online gambling operations.

Figures released Wednesday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the state’s seven casino operators reporting brick-and-mortar gaming revenue of $208.3m, 2.5% higher than the same month last year and a significant rebound from April 2017’s $191m.

Throw in the $21.1m generated by the state’s licensed online gambling operators and May’s total gaming revenue is up 4.3% to $229.4m. Comparing only the seven casinos that were open in both this May and last – thereby excluding the impact of the now-shuttered Trump Taj Mahal – and the year-on-year brick-and-mortar gain rises to 10.7%.

April’s revenue numbers were dragged down by lackluster table game results but that wasn’t the case in May. While statewide slots revenue was down 3.6% to $144m, table game revenue shut up nearly one-fifth year-on-year to $64.3m.