October gaming revenues at the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas, were $11.94 million, according to Kansas Lottery officials.
The lottery reported that gaming revenues during September at Hollywood Casino were $12 million.
Keith Kocher, director of program assurance and integrity for the Kansas Lottery, told the Lottery Commission today that casino gaming revenues statewide continue to be up over the previous year.
The Kansas Crossing Casino in Pittsburg, Kan., opened March 29 of this year, adding a fourth state casino. The new casino is reporting gaming revenues of around $2 million a month, and during October, gaming revenues there were about $2.49 million, Kocher said.
The four state casinos produced gaming revenues of $31.6 million during October, as compared to $32.4 million in September, according to lottery figures.
Revenue differences could be due to the calendar — in September, there were five Fridays and Saturdays as compared to four weekends in October.
In other lottery news, Terry Presta, executive director of the Kansas Lottery, reported that the lottery is in the midst of converting some ticket games.
Lotto America will launch in Kansas on Sunday, Nov. 12, with the first drawing on Nov. 15, he said. The jackpot is usually a minimum $2 million, but with funds from the Hot Lotto game rolled into this game, the first jackpot will be $15 million, he said. This will be the new $1 ticket game for Kansas.
The Hot Lotto game was discontinued in Kansas, and Mega Millions is changing from a $1 ticket to $2 ticket, with larger prizes.
The Holiday Millionaire Raffle has now passed the 100,000th ticket sold, and is at the halfway mark this week, according to Presta. Tickets are $20 each. The winner of a Jan. 3 drawing will take home $1 million, and there will also be other prizes ranging from $50 to $100,000 in the drawing.
Other drawings in the Holiday Millionaire Raffle game include one coming up on Sunday, Nov. 12, when all tickets sold before 7 p.m. that day will be eligible for a $10,000 drawing.
Presta said the Kansas Lottery is planning its 30th anniversary Birthday Bash with an event Nov. 18 at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kansas, near Wichita, including a concert by Big and Rich.
Three percent of the casino gaming revenues at Hollywood Casino go to the Unified Government, while the state of Kansas gets around 22 percent of the casino gaming proceeds.