Maryland casinos set a new all-time gaming revenue record in October, despite only four of the state’s six venues posting year-on-year increases.
Figures released Tuesday by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Agency show the state’s casino operators generated gaming revenue of just under $158m in October, an 18.6% rise over the same month last year. October’s tally also eclipsed the state’s previous gaming revenue high-water mark of $156.5m set in May 2018.
Statewide slots revenue was up $5m from last year to $88.2m, while the state’s table games gained nearly $20m, rising from $50m in October 2017 to $69.7m last month.
Maryland’s newest and flashiest casino, MGM Resorts’ National Harbor, reported an astonishing $73.4m in revenue in October, a whopping 41.4% year-on-year increase and demolishing the property’s previous best monthly total of $62.3m.