Pennsylvania casinos reported gains in both slots and table game revenue in September.
Figures released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board showed overall casino gaming revenue of just under $261m in the month of September, 2.9% higher than the same month last year. Slots revenue rose 2.4% to $192.1m. while table game revenue improved 4.35% to $68.8m.
Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment’s Parx Casino earned top honors in September, with a combined slots/table take of $45.9m, up 10% from September 2015. The sum was enough to see off Las Vegas Sands’ Sands Bethlehem property, which nudged up 1.2% to a little less than $44.2m.
Sands Bethlehem is the state’s undisputed table game king of kings, having earned $19.4m in September compared to just $14.1m at Parx. But Parx reported its September slots total rising 6% to $31.8m while Sands Bethlehem’s slots grew cold in September, falling less than 1% to $24.7m.