The four commercial casinos in New York state saw revenue decline by 2.1% in April, with gross gaming revenue dropping from $58 million to $56.8 million year-over-year.
The figures released this week by the New York State Gaming Commission reveal that of GGR, slot and electronic table games comprised $42.2 million, rising from $40 million, a 5% year-over-year increase.
Table game GGR experienced an 18.3% drop, declining from $16.8 million to $13.7 million year-over-year. Poker games also reported a decline in April, with GGR dropping from $959,047 to $878,609, an 8.3% decrease year-over-year.
Of New York’s four commercial casinos, Rivers Casino & Resort Schenectady generated the highest GGR of the month, recording $18.3 million. Compared to the previous year’s GGR of $17.4 million, GGR rose 5.3% year-over-year.
Two other casinos reported GGR increases for April. Del Lago Resort and Casino reported a GGR increase from $13.8 million to $13.9 million, representing a year-over-year rise of 0.9%, while Tioga Downs Casino reported a GGR rise from $9.3 million to $9.8 million, a 6.2% year-over-year increase.
Resorts Worlds Catskills was the only commercial casino to report a revenue decline in April. GGR declined from $17.4 million to $14.5 million, a year-over-year decrease of 16.6%.
