April gaming revenues at the Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas, were reported today at the Kansas Lottery Commission meeting.
The report on Wednesday showed Hollywood Casino gaming revenues were $13.06 million in April as compared to $14.3 million in March, according to figures from the Kansas Lottery. March gaming revenues had increased from $11.6 million in February at Hollywood Casino.
All four state casinos, added together, came in with $3.76 million less in April than in March in gaming revenues, according to the lottery commission reports.
When gaming revenues were compared this April to April of 2017, three casinos reported increases while Kansas Star reported a decrease, according to lottery officials.
The revenues typically fluctuate depending on factors such as the number of Fridays and Saturdays in a month and the weather.
Several promotions are ongoing at the casinos. The strong March performance at Hollywood Casino was attributed to social media and direct mail campaigns, along with promotional events. The Hollywood Casino in March started a partnership agreement with Sporting Kansas City, in which soccer fans can park in the casino parking garage, then take a shuttle bus to the entrance of Sporting KC, according to a report to the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission.
The gaming revenues for April at the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kansas, dropped almost $2 million over the month, registering a total of $16.1 million in April as compared to $18.08 million in March, according to Wednesday’s Lottery Commission report.
The Boot Hill Casino in Dodge City, Kansas, reported April revenues of $3.9 million compared to $4.1 million in March. Boot Hill’s April 2018 revenue was up 6 percent compared to April 2017. The Kansas Crossing Casino in Pittsburg, Kansas, reported $3.1 million in gaming revenues for April as compared to $3.45 million in March, according to the lottery report. Kansas Crossing’s April revenues were up one-half percent from April 2018 to April 2017, with a 5.5 percent increase in slots revenue, and a 41.7 percent decrease in table revenues.
Lottery Commissioner Jim Washington of Basehor requested an explanation on the Kansas Star Casino revenue figures, and lottery officials responded that they would ask about it.
According to a report in Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission’s May agenda, total gross gaming revenue at Kansas Star was down 3.7 percent from April 2017. April admissions were down 4.3 percent over the same period. According to the April minutes of the KRGC, a major debt refinance transaction of Boyd Gaming Corp., an affiliate of Kansas Star Casino, was taking place.