Casino revenue down 10 percent
By Joanne Kelley, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Published March 19, 2008 at 11:47 a.m.
Updated March 19, 2008 at 11:56 a.m.
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Colorado's mountain casinos posted a 10 percent drop in revenue in last month vs. February a year ago, the state's gaming division reported.
Casinos in the three gambling towns generated a combined $57.9 million in proceeds.
In Black Hawk, revenues fell 9.35 percent to $41.9 million. Cripple Creek gaming parlors saw proceeds decline 12.37 percent to $10.6 million, while Central City recorded a drop of 11.3 percent with revenues of about $5.4 million.
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Suggest removal
mrfxx writes:
I wonder how the one casino that found the loophole in the smoking ban is doing compared to the rest of the casinos...
March 19, 2008
5:43 p.m.
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Pagen writes:
Well at least you see what is causing it just like the "new" road to Black Hawk made them up 17% last year...yea right!