New PA smoking ban blamed for low revenues at Pocono casinos

Tuesday, September 23 2008

This article from the Pocono Record reports that "slots revenues fell during the first full week under the state's new smoking ban."

Gross terminal wagers were down almost five percent to $30 million on wagers of $389 million. The drop was spread among most of the casinos, with decreases in wagers ranging between 1 percent and 13 percent. The state's payout rate remained unchanged at 91.3 percent.

Mount Airy fared slightly better than most casinos. The casino resort posted $3.3 in gross terminal wagers, a drop of 4 percent, and wagers of $46 million, a 2 percent loss.

Mount Airy's payout rate inched up one tenth of a percent to 91.7 percent, well above the state average
Slots revenues drop in smoking ban's first week