State Lottery Director John Myers says recent lottery revenues show patrons are beginning to return to the five casinos in West Virginia in larger numbers.

Myers told members of the state Lottery Commission Wednesday, Racetrack Video Lottery brought in $42.5 million in March while table games grossed $3.2 million in revenue.

“The numbers are starting to reflect that people are going back out into these larger venues and so we’re seeing the rise of casino play for video lottery and table games and that’s a positive thing,” Myers said.

It’s been a little over two years since the pandemic began and while local video lottery locations, Limited Video Lottery, has brought in some of its highest revenue ever after a brief pandemic shutdown, casinos have been slower to recover.