BALTIMORE (AP) – Maryland casinos generated their third-highest revenues ever in the month of April, the state’s lottery said Wednesday.
The state’s six casinos generated $162 million in revenue last month following an all-time record of $169 million in March. The state’s casinos were closed for all of April last year. Comparing last month’s total to April 2019 shows a 12% gain.
$69.9 million of last month’s casino revenue will go to the state, an increase of 16.1% over April 2019.
The casinos raised their revenues last month despite some ongoing limits due to the pandemic. Due to local orders, MGM National Harbor and Baltimore’s Horseshoe Casino were limited to 50% capacity during April 2021.
MGM National Harbor posted a 2.5% increase in gaming revenue to $62 million in April 2021, compared with April 2019. Live! Casino & Hotel climbed their gaming revenue to $58 million in April 2021, an increase of $10.4 million (21.7%) from April 2019.
The remaining four casinos had no capacity limitations, but some slot machine and table game seats could not be occupied because all casinos must continue to comply with social-distancing guidelines.
