Pennsylvania Poker Rooms Rake $5 Million In JulyRevenue Nearly Unchanged Year-Over-Year |
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Poker rooms in Pennsylvania casinos collectively raked $4.96 million from players during the month of July, according to figures released by state casino gambling regulators.
There were 226 poker tables across 10 poker rooms statewide. Pennsylvania has a dozen brick-and-mortar casinos.
The $4.96 million was basically unchanged from the $4.97 million raked in July 2015. There were two more poker tables this July compared to the same month last year.
On the $4.96 million in rake, the casinos collectively paid nearly $600,000 in state taxes.
Parx Casino, which sits just outside Philly in Bensalem, led the way in July 2016 with $1.37 million in poker revenue. That casino had 46 poker tables in July.
The poker market in Pennsylvania is growing, as the casinos recently reported $58.4 million in poker revenue in the 2015/16 fiscal year ending in June. That was up slightly from the $56.5 million in poker rake collected in FY 2014/15.
Though it has a significantly larger overall casino gambling market, Pennsylvania and New Jersey were nearly identical in July in terms of poker revenue. Atlantic City casinos also raked $5 million, but included in that figure was $2 million from state-licensed online poker sites. Like New Jersey, Maryland’s live poker market was roughly $3 million in July.
Pennsylvania is closing in on legalizing online poker this fall.
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