Table games play in Pennsylvania hit a new high mark last month.   Gross revenue produced by table games at the state’s  10 casinos topped 56 million dollars in July; the highest level since March.   Table games, which are taxed at a lower rate than slots due to the manpower required, brought in more than 9 million dollars in tax revenue in July.

Richard McGarvey, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, says employment has continued to increase at the casinos since table games began.  He says over the last year, 47 hundred additional jobs have been created at the casinos.  He says table games take more people, including dealers and other staff, to deal with the extra demand. McGarvey says casinos are still adding tables and employees.

McGarvey says at the beginning of table games, they were seeing gross revenue in the 30 million dollar range and now it’s up to the 50 million dollar range.  He says casinos are still attracting customers and learning what games people like to play.

McGarvey also says table games have not affected slots negatively, he says slots play has increased about 1 or 2% since table games began.