The Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency posted information about the financial performance of the state’s five casinos in April. Maryland’s gambling venues generated revenue of $88.9 million last month.
Including Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, which opened doors in August 2014, the state’s April revenue grew by 24.5% year-on-year, but decreased almost $2 million month-over-month. Without this particular casino, however, revenue dropped 7.6% year-on-year.
Hollywood Casino Perryville generated the amount of $6.9 million, down 10.7% compared to April 2014. The venue offers to visitors 850 slot machines, as well as 12 banking and 10 non-banking table games. Slot machines at the casino contributed an average of $225.82 per unit per day, banking table games contributed $2,783.83, and non-banking table games contributed $381.74.
Horseshoe Casino Baltimore, which, as already mentioned opened doors in August 2014, posted gaming revenue of $22.9 million in April. The casino operates as many as 2,193 slot machines, as well as 154 banking and 25 non-banking table games. Slot machines generated an average of $185.41 per unit per day, banking table games generated $2,170.59, and non-banking ones contributed $953.87.
Revenue at Maryland Live! Casino totaled $50.9 million in April. It decreased 9.8% or $5.6 million compared to the same month a year ago. The gambling venue features a total of 3,996 slot machines, 137 banking and 52 non-banking table games. Revenue per unit per day during the previous month amounted to $264.73 for the casino’s slot machines, $4,193.44 for its banking table games, and $1,264.48 for the non-banking table games.
Casino at Ocean Downs in Berlin, which operates as many as 800 slot machines, posted gaming revenue of $4.3 million, up 18.4% from what was generated in April 2014. The casino’s slot machines generated an average of $178.94 per unit per day.
Rocky Gap Casino Resort in Cumberland posted an 8% increase in revenue to $3.9 million. The venue features 577 slot machines, as well as 15 banking and 2 non-banking table games. Slot machines generated an average of $191.12 per unit per day. Banking table games contributed $1,334.8 per unit per day, and non-banking ones contributed $308.7.
Generally speaking, Maryland’s five casinos generated the total amount of $347.8 million since the beginning of the calendar year.
The state is expected to have its sixth casino launched sometime in 2016. The so-called MGM National Harbor, which is currently under construction, is to feature 3,600 slot machines and 140 table games. The project was estimated to cost about $1.2 billion.
