Total Table Games Revenue Exceeds $50 Million for Third Consecutive Month

HARRISBURG, Pa, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today posted on its web site the revenue figures for May table games play at the ten operating casinos.

Table games produced $51,401,083 in gross revenue in May generating $8,282,211 in tax revenue. Pennsylvania has a 16% tax rate on gross table games revenue with 14% going to the Commonwealth's General Fund and 2% to the local host county and municipality.

May's total gross revenue exceeded $50 million for the third consecutive month, and table games has now returned more than $238 million in tax revenue to the state and local communities. That includes $73,390,655 in taxes from the play of table games along with $165 million in one-time table games certification fees paid collectively by the casinos.

Gross revenue for each of the casinos in May 2011 is as follows:

May's total pushed state and local tax collections in the 2010/11 Fiscal Year to $73,390,655:

A detailed breakdown of revenue by casino can be found on the PGCB website that includes information for non-banking, banking, and electronic tables, revenue and taxes generated, and the number of table games.

In addition to this report, the Board also posts monthly slot machine revenue reports on its web site.

About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established in 2004 with the passage of Act 71, also known as the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. Pennsylvania's first new state agency in nearly 40 years, the Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of the state's casino industry. Currently, the ten casinos in operation in the Commonwealth employ over 14,000 people and legalized gaming has generated over $5.1 billion in tax and license fee revenue since the first casino opened in November 2006. A portion of that money is enabling property tax reduction for all Pennsylvania homeowners, providing needed funding to the Commonwealth's horse racing industry, funding grants for fire companies and water/sewer projects, and establishing a new stream of tax revenue to local governments for community projects. A wealth of information about the Gaming Control Board and Pennsylvania's gaming industry can be found at www.pgcb.state.pa.us. At this web site, visitors can view videos of Board meetings and on the operation of the PGCB, obtain information on identifying a gambling problem and gaining assistance, look up future meeting schedules and past meeting transcripts, access an interactive map of casino locations, request a speaker for their group, along with much more information.

CONTACT:  Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey
(717) 346-8321

SOURCE Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board