Revenue at Illinois casinos totals $112.6m in January
The state’s casinos saw revenue grow 22 per cent year on year.
US.- The Illinois Gaming Board has released its casino revenue report for January. The eleven casinos in the state generated revenue of $112.6m. That’s an increase of 22.2 per cent year-on-year. Almost 75 per cent of the total, or $84.3m, came from slot play.
Rivers Casino in Des Plaines was the revenue leader. Rivers’ $45.5m represented about 40.4 per cent of the statewide total, while Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin reported a gaming revenue of $11.9m and Harrah’s in Joliet registered $10.7m.
Illinois will likely see five new casinos in 2023, including the Temporary by American Place Casino in Waukegan which is expected to open this month; Golden Nugget Danville, scheduled to open in March, and the temporary Bally’s Chicago casino, scheduled to open in June.
Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort in Williamson County is scheduled to open sometime in 2023, a permanent Hard Rock Rockford casino is scheduled to open late in the year. Wind Creek Chicago Southland Casino on the border between Homewood and East Hazel Crest, is scheduled to open in late 2023 or early 2024.
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