Parx Tables Earn $10M in October; $200K in Local Taxes

in Bensalem finished October with over $10 million in gross revenue from its table games. That total, however, wasn’t enough to claim the top spot in Pennsylvania’s 10 casinos.

Sands Casino in Bethlehem topped Parx with $10.76 million in October. Parx usually leads the state in table revenue.

According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, all 10 casinos generated $53 million last month. Last October, state casinos had $40.9 million in table revenue and Parx tables made $5.8 million.

Pennsylvania taxes gross table game revenue at 16 percent (14 percent to the Commonwealth’s General Fund and 2 percent to local share fund) which resulted in $8,567,041 of tax revenue.

Parx Casino’s 183 table games generated nearly $1.5 million in state taxes in October and over $200,000 for Bensalem and Bucks County.

Gross revenue for each of the casinos in October 2011 compared to October 2010 is as follows: 

Casino

Oct. 2011 Tables

Oct. 2011 Gross Revenue

Oct.
2010 Tables

Oct. 2010 Gross Revenue

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem

129

$10,761,227

89

$5,542,036

Parx Casino

183

$10,061,879

57

$5,793,303

Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack

121

$6,902,708

99

$5,800,755

SugarHouse Casino

53

$6,664,742

40

$5,307,615

Rivers Casino

108

$5,532,071

86

$4,173,639

Mount Airy Casino Resort

72

$3,538,494

75

$4,046,231

Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs

84

$3,379,217

84

$3,450,400

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

65

$2,998,307

54

$2,654,177

The Meadows Racetrack and Casino

78

$1,720,587

61

$2,569,882

Presque Isle Downs and Casino

52

$1,520,710

48

$1,555,387

Statewide Total

946

$53,079,942

693

$40,893,425