Gaming revenues at Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway were up in April as compared to the previous April, according to a report Wednesday at the Kansas Lottery Commission.
The gaming revenues at Hollywood Casino were down in a March to April comparison, and gaming revenues for Boot Hill Casino in Dodge City, Kan., and Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan., also were slightly down in a March to April comparison.
Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas, revenues were up by 1.75 percent in April as compared to last April, according to Keith Kocher, director of program assurance for the Kansas Lottery.
Figures from the Kansas Lottery Commission showed $13.4 million in gaming revenues for Hollywood Casino in March, compared to $12.25 million In April.
Revenues for the combined four state casinos in Kansas increased during the month, Kocher said. With new state casino revenues coming in from the Pittsburg, Kan., area, the total casino gaming revenues for April were up slightly in Kansas.
The four state casinos produced $35.3 million in gaming revenues in April as compared to $34.4 million in March. In March, there were only two days that a new Kansas Crossing Casino was open in Pittsburg, Kan. The new casino produced $3.1 million in gaming revenue in April.
The Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kan., near the Wichita area, reported $16.26 million in casino revenues during April, compared to $16.79 million in March, according to lottery figures. Kocher said there was a 4.5 percent increase when last April was compared to April 2017.
Boot Hill Casino in Dodge City, Kan., reported $3.67 million in gaming revenue during April as compared to $3.6 million in March. According to Kocher, gaming revenues were up 7.8 percent at Boot Hill in a comparison of April 2016 to April 2017.
So far, in fiscal 2017, total casino gaming revenues have been up just short of one-half of one percent, Kocher said.
During the month of April, total casino gaming revenue produced by the state casinos since they first opened in 2009 went over the $2 billion mark, he said.