{"id":1021611,"date":"2021-07-25T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/pennsylvania-breaks-its-record-for-gambling-revenue-in-a-fiscal-year-the-philadelphia-inquirer\/"},"modified":"2021-07-25T15:34:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T19:34:01","slug":"pennsylvania-breaks-its-record-for-gambling-revenue-in-a-fiscal-year-the-philadelphia-inquirer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/gambling\/pennsylvania-breaks-its-record-for-gambling-revenue-in-a-fiscal-year-the-philadelphia-inquirer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania breaks its record for gambling revenue in a fiscal year &#8211; The Philadelphia Inquirer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>HARRISBURG  Pennsylvania smashed its record for gambling revenue, state regulators said Monday, reporting nearly $3.9 billion in the last fiscal year as every category of wagering showed growth in one of the nations largest casino and gambling states.<\/p>\n<p>The rebound comes after pandemic-related shutdowns helped knock casino revenue down significantly.<\/p>\n<p>The nearly $3.9 billion from 14 operating casinos, fantasy sports operators and truck stops for the fiscal year ending June 30 beat the previous high, two years ago, by about 17% and last year's take by more than 40%, according to figures from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.<\/p>\n<p>Revenue in casinos from slot machines, at just under $1.9 billion, and from table games, at $721 million, remains lower than record highs in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>But other, newer categories leaped to new record highs.<\/p>\n<p>Online casino gambling grew to nearly $900 million in just its second year, while sports betting grew to $309 million in just its third year. Pennsylvania legalized both as part of an aggressive gambling expansion in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Gambling revenue also benefited from the opening of two new casinos, Live! Casino Philadelphia and Live! Casino Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania dropped behind New Jersey in traditional casino gambling revenue in 2020, eight years after it passed New Jersey to become the nations No. 2 gambling revenue state behind Nevada, according to figures compiled by the American Gaming Association.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Go here to read the rest:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/pennsylvania\/pennsylvania-gambling-revenue-record-fiscal-year-20210719.html\" title=\"Pennsylvania breaks its record for gambling revenue in a fiscal year - The Philadelphia Inquirer\">Pennsylvania breaks its record for gambling revenue in a fiscal year - The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> HARRISBURG Pennsylvania smashed its record for gambling revenue, state regulators said Monday, reporting nearly $3.9 billion in the last fiscal year as every category of wagering showed growth in one of the nations largest casino and gambling states. The rebound comes after pandemic-related shutdowns helped knock casino revenue down significantly. The nearly $3.9 billion from 14 operating casinos, fantasy sports operators and truck stops for the fiscal year ending June 30 beat the previous high, two years ago, by about 17% and last year's take by more than 40%, according to figures from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/gambling\/pennsylvania-breaks-its-record-for-gambling-revenue-in-a-fiscal-year-the-philadelphia-inquirer\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187831],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}