The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site today that July gross revenue at the 10 operating casinos was us$ 218,300,465 from slot machine play. The previous high month for revenue was March 2011 with gross revenue of us$ 214,926,433.
Tax generated to the Commonwealth this July from slot machine play was us$ 118,770,115 or us$ 3.83 million per day. That amount was 3.4% higher than taxes generated in July 2010. In a comparison of the revenue for just the nine casinos operating in July 2011 that were also open for the full month of July 2010, there was an decrease of 3.5%.
The average number of operating slot machines throughout Pennsylvania at the 10 casinos was 26,403 in July 2011 compared to 24,903 at nine casinos in July 2010.