\u201cLuck played a lot into that, because the drop was down 2.4 percent with $29.8 billion in game and table volume,\u201d Lawton said. \u201cThe hold was 13.97 percent. That\u2019s the highest game and table hold percentage since fiscal year 2004. It\u2019s a little bit of an anomaly.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It\u2019s hard to say, specifically why table games, especially in Pennsylvania, have become such an attractive option to gamblers this year.<\/p>\n
Expanded Gambling Still on Table<\/h2>\n
Analysts attribute some of the additional spend to an overall improving economy, and competition among casinos doing more to bring in players in Pennsylvania as well as nearby New Jersey.<\/p>\n
Throughout much of 2017, Pennsylvania\u2019s state legislature has been considering an expansion of gambling, including laws to legalize online gambling and poker, to address serious budget shortfalls.<\/p>\n
And while the Republican-controlled House and Senate have both been unable to come up with a comprehensive fix to fill a $2.2 billion hole in the state\u2019s $32 billion budget<\/a> without raising taxes, all sides agree in principle that additional gambling revenues in some capacity should be part of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to the latest report from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the state\u2019s 1,252 gaming tables in daily operation (on average) generated $76 million in September, up nearly 10 percent year-over-year. The uptick is a refreshing reprieve from sluggish gaming revenue numbers in the state earlier in the year. Sands Casino in Bethlehem jumped 17 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":61147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,13,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Pennsylvania Table Games Revenue Up Nearly 10 Percent in September<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n