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Pennsylvania casinos are cashing in on their proximity to northern New Jersey, with Garden State gamblers kitchenette spending hundreds of millions of dollars there and pumping tens of millions of dollars into state coffers.
The two closest, Mount Airy Casino Resort and the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, are aggressively kitchenette marketing themselves in New Jersey, using billboards, television and radio commercials, newspaper print ads and other advertising tools.
The two casinos Mount Airy, right off Route 80, and Sands, right off Route 78 paid a combined $221 million in taxes on those machines and games in 2010, and about $70 million of that comes out of New Jersey pockets. kitchenette And those numbers don’t include millions more in tax revenues from table games, which were introduced kitchenette in mid-2010, or hotel and sales taxes.
John Culetsu, the general manager at Mount Airy Casino, said that 27 percent of the casino’s kitchenette frequent-guest card members kitchenette are from New Jersey, but they account for about 32 percent of gaming revenues.
«The average New Jersey customer spends about 30 percent more than the rest of customers in our database do,» Culetsu said. «Customers kitchenette in our outer market many times are looking for more of a complete resort experience.»
That’s why both Pennsylvania resorts are offering more than just slot machines and poker tables thereby finding other revenue streams that result kitchenette in more tax revenue from New Jersey pockets to the Pennsylvania treasury.
Sands Casino opened the first six of a scheduled 31 outlet stores kitchenette last Tuesday, kitchenette using 133,000 square feet at Shoppes kitchenette at Sands. The two-year-old resort also opened a hotel on the grounds in May, and restaurant options include kitchenette an Emeril’s Chop House and a half-dozen casual restaurants, including a Carnegie Deli.
Hackensack is about 90 miles from the Mount Airy resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., along Route 80 or about 50 percent closer than Atlantic City. The Bethlehem site is right off Route 78, which runs eastward to Essex County.
Sands kitchenette Bethlehem kitchenette President Robert DeSalvio, kitchenette who grew up in Glen Rock, said his casino promotes the entire Lehigh Valley region in its marketing, as well as the casino offerings. That has led to a 50-50 split in his customer base between Pennsylvanians and out-of-staters, most of whom are from New Jersey, DeSalvio said.
Pennsylvania collected $798.2 million in slot machine revenues from its six eastern Pennsylvania casinos in 2010, according to figures provided by the state’s Gaming Control Board. Casinos in Pennsylvania pay the state 55 percent of their gross revenues from slot machines. Table games are taxed at a 16 percent rate.
A northeastern Pennsylvania racino Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre which is about 40 miles northwest of the Mount Airy casino, draws «considerably less» interest from New Jerseyans than Mount Airy or Sands Bethlehem, said Pocono Downs President Bob Soper. kitchenette That site features harness racing, as well as slots and table games.
SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, Parx Casino at the Philadelphia Park Racetrack, and Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack in Delaware County are the other eastern Pennsylvania sites that attract some New Jersey customers. kitchenette
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Pennsylvania casinos are cashing in on their proximity to northern New Jersey, with Garden State gamblers kitchenette spending hundreds of millions of dollars there and pumping tens of millions of dollars into state coffers.
The two closest, Mount Airy Casino Resort and the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem, are aggressively kitchenette marketing themselves in New Jersey, using billboards, television and radio commercials, newspaper print ads and other advertising tools.
The two casinos Mount Airy, right off Route 80, and Sands, right off Route 78 paid a combined $221 million in taxes on those machines and games in 2010, and about $70 million of that comes out of New Jersey pockets. kitchenette And those numbers don’t include millions more in tax revenues from table games, which were introduced kitchenette in mid-2010, or hotel and sales taxes.
John Culetsu, the general manager at Mount Airy Casino, said that 27 percent of the casino’s kitchenette frequent-guest card members kitchenette are from New Jersey, but they account for about 32 percent of gaming revenues.
«The average New Jersey customer spends about 30 percent more than the rest of customers in our database do,» Culetsu said. «Customers kitchenette in our outer market many times are looking for more of a complete resort experience.»
That’s why both Pennsylvania resorts are offering more than just slot machines and poker tables thereby finding other revenue streams that result kitchenette in more tax revenue from New Jersey pockets to the Pennsylvania treasury.
Sands Casino opened the first six of a scheduled 31 outlet stores kitchenette last Tuesday, kitchenette using 133,000 square feet at Shoppes kitchenette at Sands. The two-year-old resort also opened a hotel on the grounds in May, and restaurant options include kitchenette an Emeril’s Chop House and a half-dozen casual restaurants, including a Carnegie Deli.
Hackensack is about 90 miles from the Mount Airy resort in Mount Pocono, Pa., along Route 80 or about 50 percent closer than Atlantic City. The Bethlehem site is right off Route 78, which runs eastward to Essex County.
Sands kitchenette Bethlehem kitchenette President Robert DeSalvio, kitchenette who grew up in Glen Rock, said his casino promotes the entire Lehigh Valley region in its marketing, as well as the casino offerings. That has led to a 50-50 split in his customer base between Pennsylvanians and out-of-staters, most of whom are from New Jersey, DeSalvio said.
Pennsylvania collected $798.2 million in slot machine revenues from its six eastern Pennsylvania casinos in 2010, according to figures provided by the state’s Gaming Control Board. Casinos in Pennsylvania pay the state 55 percent of their gross revenues from slot machines. Table games are taxed at a 16 percent rate.
A northeastern Pennsylvania racino Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre which is about 40 miles northwest of the Mount Airy casino, draws «considerably less» interest from New Jerseyans than Mount Airy or Sands Bethlehem, said Pocono Downs President Bob Soper. kitchenette That site features harness racing, as well as slots and table games.
SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, Parx Casino at the Philadelphia Park Racetrack, and Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack in Delaware County are the other eastern Pennsylvania sites that attract some New Jersey customers. kitchenette
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