Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos recorded a 10.7% drop in June revenue. Business was off even more at Baton Rouge’s two riverboat casinos, which saw their take drop by 12.6%. State police say the casinos won $193.4 million from gamblers last month, down from $214.1 million in June 2008. The 13 riverboat casinos took in $134.3 million last month, Harrah’s land casino in New Orleans won $26.9 million and the four racetrack casinos won $32.5 million. Hollywood Casino Baton Rouge won $10 million in June, compared with $11.4 million in June 2008. The Belle of Baton Rouge was off even more, bringing in nearly $6.1 million, compared with nearly $7 million in June 2008. In May, the casinos won $224.6 million. For the state fiscal year that ended June 30, all forms of state-licensed casino-type gambling—including video poker—took in $3.21 billion, virtually unchanged from the previous fiscal year.
Casinos see big slide in June revenue
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