Pennsylvania casinos set another annual revenue record

Pennsylvania casinos brought in record revenue in 2016 thanks to an equally record performance by its gaming tables.

Figures released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board show the table games at the state’s dozen casinos generated revenue of just under $71.2m in December, half a percentage point below what those same tables generated in December 2015.

However, the sum was large enough to boost the overall 2016 table game take to $853.2m, 5.6% higher than 2015’s table tally and a new state record. Combined with 2016’s previously announced slot machine revenue of $2.36b (-0.2%), the state’s overall casino gaming revenue hit $3.21b, up 1.25% from 2015’s total.

This marks the second consecutive year of record casino revenue, which followed two years of year-on-year declines in 2013 and 2014, and the sixth straight year in which the state’s casinos have collected over $3b.