Sands Bethlehem, which captured the lion’s share of Pennsylvania’s record table game haul, but missed out general to its rival that is closest, Parx Casino.
Pennsylvania’s gambling enterprises reported the best results in their history that is nine-year for 12 months ending June 30, 2016. According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, revenue from slots and table games topped $3.2 billion for the period, toppling the record that is previous $86 million. Year table games revenue alone was $839 million, up nearly 8 percent on last.
Sheldon Adelson’s Sands Bethlehem could be the biggest casino in the state and, needlessly to say, it took the lion’s share of table games income, some $228.1 million, up 12.4 percent year-on-year, and dwarfing its closest competitor, Parx Casino, which took $155 million.
Rogue Chip Smuggler
Sands achieved this figure that is impressive incidentally, regardless of the revelation that one of many casino’s dining table game supervisors was charged today with removing high-domination potato chips from the casino secreted in her bra.
Local woman Brandy Micheli-Cheatham, 44, ended up being spotted by eagle-eyed security staff stuffing six purple potato chips, each worth $500, into her underclothing. She admitted to your crime after being apprehended by casino staff who had initially figured she had been just pleased to see them.
Despite all the exciting interruptions down at the Sands, Adelson’s (more…)