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Gaming NewsPennsylvania table games revenue in July highest to date17 August 2011HARRISBURG, Pennslyvania -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The play of table games during July in Pennsylvania casinos set a new high in revenue and taxes produced during a single month. According to figures released and posted on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's website, gross revenue produced by table games play at the 10 casinos was $56,183,506. The previous high month was March 2011 when gross revenue from table games was $54,606,617. Tax revenue generated from table games during July was $9,031,983. Pennsylvania taxes gross table games revenue at 16%. The Gaming Control Board also announced that as of July 1, 2011, total employment at Pennsylvania's casinos had increased 7% over the previous first quarter of 2011 and now stood at 15,064 (see below chart). Employment at the close of the first quarter of 2011 was 14,097. Gaming Control Board Chairman Greg Fajt says the continued growth in employment at the casinos is due in large part to the decision to expand into table games. "We have already seen a 45% increase in the number of tables in operation since table games were introduced a year ago," Fajt says. "As a labor intensive operation, this means casinos require more trained employees to fill these well-paying jobs, and certainly with an unemployment rate of 7.2% in Pennsylvania, every new job is meaningful." |