Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic, again congratulates Gaming Control Board on record revenue
2024年4月19日 - 4:18AM
Pennsylvania Skill, powered by Pace-O-Matic (POM), commends
Pennsylvania’s casino industry which reported a record combined
revenue from all forms of gaming during March 2024.
The funding comes from slot machines, table games, internet
gaming, sports wagering, fantasy contests and video gaming
terminals (VGTs). This all-time monthly high figure of $554,625,294
tops the previous high figure of $534,215,808 from December 2023.
This also showed an increase of 7.6% over the revenue figure from
March 2023.
As the PGCB celebrates yet another big financial win, small
businesses, veterans groups, volunteer fire companies and other
fraternal clubs across the state also continue to operate and count
on legal skill games.
“We are happy to see the success of the gaming enterprises under
the jurisdiction of the PGCB,” said Mike Barley, spokesman for
Pennsylvania Skill. “These numbers show, without a doubt, that
there is room in the state for both casinos and skill games. There
is no competition between the two.”
Barley said he doesn’t understand why casinos, especially Parx
Casino, are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight
skill games when they continue to see record income.
“Sadly, $554 million a month is not enough to satisfy the
out-of-state-managed casino industry,” Barley added. “Instead, they
will spend their time and profits peddling untrue accusations about
skill games and putting down small business owners and veterans who
count on the legal skill games for supplemental revenue.”
Barley explained that Pennsylvania Skill supports legislation
sponsored by Sen. Gene Yaw and Rep. Danilo Burgos that will
regulate and tax skill games. There is bipartisan backing for the
legislation that will put guardrails around skill game operations
and provide as much as $300 million in skill game tax revenue
annually for the state. Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to see skill game
tax revenue as part of his 2024-25 state budget.
Several courts have ruled Pennsylvania Skill games are legal,
including a unanimous Commonwealth Court in November. In addition
to providing supplemental income to small businesses, Pennsylvania
Skill games are manufactured in Williamsport and 92% of the income
they generate stays within the local economy or the state.
Jeanette Krebs
Pennsylvania Skill
717-418-6106
jk@krebs.solutions