Pennsylvania Poker Rooms Rake $4.9M In AugustRevenue Nearly Unchanged Year-Over-Year, Month-Over-Month |
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Poker rooms in the state of Pennsylvania raked a combined $4.9 million during August, according to figures released by the state Gaming Control Board.
There were 226 poker tables statewide between the 10 poker rooms. Pennsylvania has 12 brick-and-mortar casinos, so two of them don’t offer traditional poker games.
On the $4.9 million in rake, the casinos collectively paid $691,000 in state taxes. The rake was nearly unchanged from July and down just slightly from the $5 million raked in August 2015. The state added two poker tables year-over-year.
The poker market in Pennsylvania is experiencing modest growth, as the casinos 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.
Pennsylvania poker revenue in August was better than New Jersey’s $4.5 million. Unlike Pennsylvania, the Garden State had $2 million come from online poker. Pennsylvania lawmakers are still taking a look at online poker legalization this year.
It’s been estimated that online casinos would eventually generate an additional $300 million a year in revenue for the casinos. In New Jersey, peer-to-peer online poker represents about 13 percent of overall online gaming revenue. New Jersey online casinos won $150 million from gamblers in 2015, which was the second full year of the Garden State having those games.
Total Pennsylvania table game revenue for August 2016 was $67 million, which was a 3.7-percent decrease compared to August 2015’s $70 million.
Parx Casino, which sits just outside Philly in Bensalem, led the way with $1.5 million in poker revenue. That casino had 46 poker tables in August.
Here’s a look at all the poker rooms in Pennsylvania during August:
| Rank | Casino | Tables | Revenue |
| 1 | Parx | 46 | $1,500,000 |
| 2 | Sands Bethlehem | 30 | $906,000 |
| 3 | SugarHouse | 28 | $625,000 |
| 4 | The Rivers | 30 | $535,000 |
| 5 | Harrah’s Philly | 28 | $490,000 |
| 6 | Penn National | 16 | $314,000 |
| 7 | Mohgean Sun | 18 | $202,000 |
| 8 | The Meadows | 14 | $152,000 |
| 9 | Mount Airy | 9 | $112,000 |
| 10 | Presque Isle | 7 | $94,000 |
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