Saturday, September 11, 2010

Aug. casino revenue down 11.3 pct in Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Talk about dog days: What should have been one of the best months of the year for Atlantic City's casinos instead saw revenue at the gambling houses fall by 11.3 percent.

August was the first full month in which the nation's second-largest gambling market was competing against table games offered in neighboring Pennsylvania, whose slots parlors have been siphoning off Atlantic City's revenue for nearly four years.

The shore resort's 11 casinos took in $347.5 million in August, down from $391.7 million in August 2009.

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