Casino Revenue Down Nearly 10% in A.C.
Casinos were doing better this time last year
Updated 4:31 PM EST, Mon, Nov 10, 2008
Atlantic City Casinos reported $346.3 million in casino win in October, a 9.9 percent decrease over the same month a year ago.
Results reported to the New Jersey Casino Control Commission Monday show that the 11 casinos won $235.9 million at the slot machines and another $110.3 million at table games in October.
Slot revenue fell 12.7 percent while table game revenues declined by 3.3 percent.
For the first 10 months of the year, casinos won $3.9 billion, down 6.6 percent from the same period in 2007.
Revenue from slot machines is down 8.6 percent and revenue from table games is down 2 percent for the 10 months.
Win, or casino revenue, is the net amount of money won by casinos. It is not profit.
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First Published: Nov 10, 2008 3:13 PM EST
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