The winter season typically brings a dip in business for casinos in New York. With the holidays comes an urgency to save on spending and traveling, after all.

But what the upstate land-based casinos in the Empire State saw in January was somehow lower than expected.

All told, according to data from the New York State Gaming Commission, the four full-scale commercial casinos generated $49.1 million in gross gaming revenue, the lowest total they have combined for since January 2022.

There’s little doubt that this is just a blip, the annual dip casinos traditionally endure. That said, it seems there is only one way for those properties to go: up.