Revenue up at most Pa. casinos, Wind Creek lagging

Overall, the month of November was a strong one for Pennsylvania’s casinos, especially Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono, which had a 31.64 percent increase in total revenue over November of last year. The Pocono casino took in $18.88 million in November as compared to $14.34 million in November of last year.

It was the highest increase of the state’s casinos, which saw a total 13 percent increase in November revenue over 2018.

Meanwhile in Bethlehem, the Wind Creek Bethlehem Resort Casino saw a slight decrease in revenue, the only casino to see a dip.

Its revenue was down .48 percent over November of last year, going from $40.12 million from $40.31 million in November 2018.

The former Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem was sold to PGI Gaming Authority of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians in July for $1.3 billion.

While overall revenue was down for the casino, most of that was in slots, which saw a 9.17 percent decrease. Table games were up 10.54 percent.

Missing is internet gaming and sports betting, neither of which are offered by Wind Creek.

Mount Airy took in $3.17 million in internet gaming. Its sportsbook opened in November and hasn’t reported revenue yet.

Sources of gaming revenue regulated by the board include slot machines, table games, internet gaming, retail and internet sports wagering, fantasy contests and video gaming terminals.

One area that was down overall was fantasy sports gaming. Fantasy gaming dropped from $3.24 million in revenue in November 2018 to $2.98, a drop of 8.02 percent.

New for November was gaming terminals, which are now allowed in spaces such as select truck stops. Terminals brought in $659,288 in November.  There are no statistics for last year.

All totaled, gaming revenue in Pennsylvania brought in $292 million in November.