Pennsylvania’s 12 brick-and-mortar casinos won $3.2 billion from gamblers within the 2015/16 fiscal year ending last month. The volume was a 3.6-percent increase in comparison to the FY 2014/15 and in addition a record high.

The biggest gains were seen on the table games, with revenue of $839 million being a rise of just about eight percent from the similar period a year ago. Slot revenue grew 2.3 percent to roughly $2.4 billion

Of the $839 million in table games revenue, $58.4 million came from poker. That was up slightly from the $56.5 million in poker rake collected in FY 2014/15.

Ten of the Keystone State’s 12 casinos have poker rooms.

Pennsylvania has roughly 250 poker tables.

The growing gambling market in Pennsylvania comes at a time when lawmakers are considering legalizing online casinos with the intention to shore up the industry. A online casino bill was recently placed on hold until the fall, but it surely stands a great opportunity of turning into law way to licensing fees and online gambling tax revenue being counted on by lawmakers as a part of the cheap plan.

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