National Harbor keeps bogarting Maryland’s gaming revenue

MGM Resorts’ National Harbor casino in Maryland came close but fell just shy of matching its all-time gaming revenue record in October.

Figures released Monday by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming agency show the state’s six licensed casino operators generated gaming revenue of $133.2m, up nearly 40% from the same month last year.

As ever, we need to point out that National Harbor didn’t open until December 2016, and the five casinos that were open in both Octobers reported a year-on-year revenue decline of nearly 15%. (Just think, kids, only two more months until we can report these revenue figures without caveats.)

National Harbor earned just under $52m in October, easily enough to top the state’s revenue chart but shy of the property’s all-time revenue record of $52.9m set in August. MGM’s revenue managed a rough split of $24.8m from its gaming tables and $27.1m from its slots.