BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Winnings from gamblers at Louisiana’s state-licensed casinos in February declined 5.9 percent from February 2008.
That’s according to state police, which tallied the winnings at $222 million.
The state’s 13 riverboats won $153.4 million last month. Harrah’s New Orleans land casino took in $31.4 million and the four slot machine casinos at race tracks added $37.2 million to the take.
February of 2008 fell in a leap year, meaning there was one more day in the month. Also that month included parts of five weekends.
But the latest report shows little change from January 2009, when the casinos won $222.2 million, an 11 percent gain over the previous January.—-Contact The Daily Reveillle news staff at [email protected]