Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Gamblers lost nearly $199.7 million at Louisiana’s state licensed casinos in September, up from $188 million for August and $196.6 million for September of last year.
Most of the money was dropped at the state’s 13 riverboat casinos. Total revenue climbed to $141.8 million for September, up from $132.7 in August and $134.1 a year earlier, a boost attributable to the opening of a new casino in Baton Rouge.
Harrah’s land-based casino in New Orleans won $25.2 million in September, up from $22.9 million in August, but down considerably from more than $30.7 million in September a year earlier.
Slot machine casinos at the four Louisiana horse tracks won $32.7 million, compared to $32.4 million in August and $31.7 million a year earlier.
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