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News Regional & State News Table games bring in biggest monthly total yet
Sunday, 21 August 2011 08:30

Table games bring in biggest monthly total yet

Written by  Megan Lello, witf Reporter and Producer

(Harrisburg) -- Table games have brought in their largest monthly revenues since being introduced in the commonwealth in July of last year. Last month, the state's ten casinos raked in more than $56 million from table games play. Richard McGarvey, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, says the games have recently become more popular. "Revenue has been climbing over the last 12 months. At the beginning, we were seeing revenue in the $30 million dollar range. Now we're up into the $50 million range," he says. "Casinos are still attracting customers, still learning their base, and still learning what games people like to play." McGarvey says the games also yielded more than $9 million in tax revenue last month and have helped create about 4,700 additional jobs in the past year. He adds the introduction of table games has not negatively affected slots play, which has increased by up to two percent since last year.

Megan Lello, witf Reporter and Producer

Megan Lello, witf Reporter and Producer

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# Meredith K A 2011-08-22 14:19
Hearing that local casinos are doing better than ever during the worst economic slump in my lifetime (and beyond) makes me wonder more than ever: just who is going to these casinos and spending their money? I'm not against gambling per se, but the reality of the numbers, and observing that the only people I know who go to casinos have the least disposable income, really makes me feel like they're an unmitigated bad presence in our state. I so wish we had never started down this road. There are many more sustainable and socially responsible ways to create jobs and encourage local economic growth.
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