Pennsylvania

SugarHouse, Parx casinos see biggest slots revenue growth in 2016

SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia and Parx Casino in Bensalem recorded the biggest percentage gains in slots winnings last year among Pennsylvania's 12 casinos, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Thursday.
2017-01-06
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SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia and Parx Casino in Bensalem recorded the biggest percentage gains in slots winnings last year among Pennsylvania's 12 casinos, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Thursday.

Gamblers' slots losses at SugarHouse reached $181.2 million last year, up nearly 4 percent. At Parx, which is tops in the state for slots and had its 10-year anniversary last month, gamblers lost $389 million, up 2.8 percent.

At Harrah's Philadelphia in Chester slots revenues fell 5 percent, and at Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia they were down less than one percent.

Overall, slots revenue at the four casinos in the Philadelphia region totaled $855.68 million, up less than 1 percent, from $849.77 million in 2015.

Statewide, gamblers lost $2.36 billion playing slots last year at Pennsylvania casinos, down $5.5 million, or .23 percent, from the year before.

The casinos' take from slots players has hovered in the $2.3-billion-range since 2013. Gamblers' slots losses in Pennsylvania topped out at $2.47 billion in 2012.

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