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Let the good times roll
There was more good news yesterday for Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack.
And even better news might be right arnd the corner.
The latest numbers on the state's legalized gambling came out yesterday, and revenue is up at the Chester facility. The state Gaming Control Board said Harrah's raked in $24,109,717 in December 2009, compared to $23,764,549 in the same month in 2008. That's an increase of 1.45 percent.
That reverses a dip in revenue reported at the facility in November, when Harrah's suffered a 2.19 percent decline in earnings.
But the big news in gambling circles yesterday was not coming from Chester, nor Atlantic City, or even those spots in nearby Delaware where you can now be on football parlays.
The big news was coming out of Harrisburg, where the state Senate was signing off on legislation to allow table games at the state's new slots parlors, including Harrah's.
The House is expected to do likewise today, meaning poker and roulette are on their way to the Chester waterfront.
The measure is needed to plug a huge hole in the state budget that was finally hammered out last fall. Gov. Ed Rendell had told legislators that if he did not have the legislation on his desk by Friday he would be forced to lay off 1,000 state workers.
Let the good times roll.
And even better news might be right arnd the corner.
The latest numbers on the state's legalized gambling came out yesterday, and revenue is up at the Chester facility. The state Gaming Control Board said Harrah's raked in $24,109,717 in December 2009, compared to $23,764,549 in the same month in 2008. That's an increase of 1.45 percent.
That reverses a dip in revenue reported at the facility in November, when Harrah's suffered a 2.19 percent decline in earnings.
But the big news in gambling circles yesterday was not coming from Chester, nor Atlantic City, or even those spots in nearby Delaware where you can now be on football parlays.
The big news was coming out of Harrisburg, where the state Senate was signing off on legislation to allow table games at the state's new slots parlors, including Harrah's.
The House is expected to do likewise today, meaning poker and roulette are on their way to the Chester waterfront.
The measure is needed to plug a huge hole in the state budget that was finally hammered out last fall. Gov. Ed Rendell had told legislators that if he did not have the legislation on his desk by Friday he would be forced to lay off 1,000 state workers.
Let the good times roll.
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