Maryland casinos had a good April, with 2 exceptions

Maryland’s six casinos generated $145.2 million in gaming revenue last month, up 1.2% from a year ago, with four of the six reporting year-over-year increases.

Baltimore’s Horseshoe Casino saw its gaming revenue fall by 9.6% from last April to $19.7 million.

Hollywood Casino Perryville reported $6.2 million in April gaming revenue, down 9.8% from a year ago.

Of the $145.2 million in total gaming revenue, the state of Maryland gets $60.2 million for its Education Trust Fund and other state funded programs.

MGM National Harbor accounted more than 60% of the total revenue last month, or $60.8 million, up 5.2 percent from April 2018.

The state’s second largest casino, Live! Casino & Hotel at Arundel Mills, generated $47.8 million in gaming revenue last month, up 2.2% from a year ago.

Gaming revenue at Ocean Downs Casino and Rocky Gap casino also rose, 6.7% and 0.8%, respectively.

Maryland Lottery and Gaming posts monthly and year-to-date casino revenue contributions to the state and where the money is allocated online.

Jeff Clabaugh

Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for WTOP as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the WTOP newsroom staff in January 2016.

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