Gamblers have been doubling down on their luck and rolling the dice at Presque Isle Downs & Casino for nearly one year now.
The casino, at 8199 Perry Highway in Summit Township, and the other two casinos in western Pennsylvania offered blackjack, roulette, craps and other table games for the first time on July 8, 2010. The state’s seven other casinos started offering the games in subsequent weeks.
Presque Isle Downs is the smallest player in the Pennsylvania casino field, in terms of both the 44 table games and the gross revenue from the games, which totaled $18.3 million from their opening through May 2011, the latest month for which figures are available.
Compare that to the state’s top table games revenue producer, Parx Casino near Philadelphia, which has raised $80.4 million in revenue during the same period and now offers 171 table games.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, which regulates the state’s casino industry, isn’t commenting on an individual casino’s performance. But Kevin O’Toole, the board’s executive director, said in a statement, “It has been a successful first year for table games at all casinos, and our expectations for both revenue and jobs have been met.”
About 6,000 jobs, including 500 at Presque Isle Downs, were added one year ago.
See Friday’s Erie Times-News and GoErie.com for more coverage.
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