Pa. table games give casinos a record month

Posted: August 16, 2011

Pennsylvania marked one year of having casino table games with record revenues for the month of July, the state announced today.

Gross table games revenues for the state's 10 casinos was $56.18 million. The last monthly high was in March, with gross revenues from table games of $54.61 million.

Parx Casino had the highest gross revenues for July, at $10.28 million. Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack was fourth, at $6.49 million. SugarHouse Casino was fifth, at $6.22 million.

Pennsylvania, which imposes gross table games revenue at 16 percent, saw July tax revenues of $9.03 million, according to the state's Gaming Control Board.

The state also announced that employment at the state's casinos, at 15,064, was 7 percent higher than during the first quarter of the year. Parx Casino had the higher number of employees, at 2,045.

Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack was second, at 1,883; Sugarhouse Casino was ninth, with 1,090.    - Roslyn Rudolph

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