Pennsylvania on line casino income from in-person slot machines and desk video games totaled roughly $274.5 million in October 2024, a negligible 0.2% year-over-year acquire.
A blackjack vendor at Rivers On line casino Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania on line casino income from retail slots and desk video games totaled $274.5 million in October 2024. (Picture: Pittsburgh Put up-Gazette)
Pennsylvania’s 17 brick-and-mortar casinos mixed to win $200.6 million from their slots and $73.9 million from their tables. Slots managed to offset a greater than 9% year-over-year decline on the felt, because the one-armed bandits elevated their web win by over 4%.
Although final month marked solely a negligible 0.2% enchancment from October 2023, October 2024 returned the brick-and-mortar on line casino trade to progress after legacy GGR fell nearly 2% in September. Pennsylvania’s casinos additionally remained steady, as casinos in Atlantic Metropolis noticed in-person play sluggish by 8.5%.
Sportsbooks skilled a tough month, as October maintain tumbled 43% as many Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers bettors noticed the spreads, moneylines, and over/unders go their means. On-line poker and fantasy sports activities rake had been additionally within the purple, as these segments respectively noticed income of $2.2 million and $2.21 million, down 6% and 21%.
iGaming Continues Progress
The phase declines had been greater than offset by iGaming akin to on-line slots and interactive desk video games.
On-line casinos received nearly $140.8 million from slots and $46 million from tables for a mixed win of roughly $186.8 million. The iGaming win represented a 22.5% surge from October 2023, a distinction of greater than $34.3 million.
On-line on line casino playing continues to draw each legacy gamblers and new gamers to the web gaming platforms.
Penn Leisure dominates the iGaming market in Pennsylvania, with the Hollywood on line casino operator accounting for $69.4 million of the October income. Boyd Gaming’s Valley Forge On line casino Resort was a distant second at $51.9 million, and Rivers On line casino was third at $33.2 million.
State Fines VGT Operators
The Pennsylvania Gaming Management Board (PGCB), which issued the October gaming income report on Wednesday, additionally offered an replace on regulatory violations. The state gaming regulator stated it permitted consent agreements introduced by the Board’s Workplace of Enforcement Counsel relating to 2 video gaming terminal operator licensees.
The PGCB signed off on a $37,500 high-quality towards a TA Journey Middle situated at 7848 Linglestown Highway in Harrisburg for permitting its VGT room to be open with no board-credentialed worker on web site. State gaming legal guidelines require that VGT places have board-certified staff working each time their gaming machines are in operation.
The PGCB moreover fined the Love’s Journey Stops location, additionally in Harrisburg, at 1165 Harrisburg Pike, for the same violation. The truck cease was issued a $32,500 penalty.
Seventeen Individuals Banned
The general public leaving minors of their autos whereas they gamble inside a on line casino continues to be an issue within the commonwealth.
The PGCB permitted the position of 5 people onto its Involuntary Exclusion Lists for leaving kids unattended of their autos whereas playing. One incident concerned a male patron leaving an toddler in a car at Hollywood On line casino Morgantown whereas the skin temperature was 91 levels Fahrenheit whereas he made a wager on the on line casino’s sportsbook.
The Board additionally banned 4 people for committing fraud utilizing iGaming websites
“The eight further individuals positioned on the On line casino Involuntary Exclusion Checklist, whose presence in a licensed facility could be inimical to the curiosity of the Commonwealth and licensed gaming, had been for numerous offenses,” the PGCB reported.
