WASHINGTON聽鈥斅燱ith gaming revenue at Maryland鈥檚 six casinos up from a year ago, MGM National Harbor saw a jump of 2.9 percent, compared with last year.
MGM National Harbor had聽$50,247,449 in gaming revenue in January.
It was the first month in which it was possible to make a direct year-over-year comparison for MGM National Harbor, which opened on Dec. 8, 2016.
At MGM National Harbor, players gambled $316.81 at slot machines, $5,241.82 at banked table games and $1,503.69 at non-banked table games. In banked games, players play against the house in games that include blackjack, craps and roulette. In non-banked table games, players play against each other in games such as poker.
In total, Maryland鈥檚 six casinos had gaming revenue of $127,784,456 in January, up 1.2 percent or $1,571,700 from January 2017.
That total compares to $141 million in December.
The state鈥檚 second-largest casino, Live! Casino at Arundel Mills, slipped a bit from a year ago, with $43.5 million in gaming revenue, down 1 percent.
Baltimore鈥檚 Horseshoe Casino, the state’s third-largest casino, had $20.1 million in revenue in January, down 0.7 percent from a year earlier.
Ocean Downs Casino, near Ocean City, had a big jump in gross gaming revenue, totaling $4.5 million, up 23.6 percent from January 2017.
Hollywood Casino Perryville鈥檚 $5.7 million in gaming revenue was down 1.2 percent. Rocky Gap Casino Resort鈥檚 $3.7 million in revenue was down 1.1 percent.
Maryland鈥檚 share of gross casino revenue, roughly 40 percent, is earmarked for the Maryland Education Trust Fund, local impact grants, the state鈥檚 horse racing industry and the Maryland General Fund.
Monthly and year-to-date distributions are publicly available on the .
Live! Casino is wrapping up a major redevelopment that includes a 17-story hotel, event center and meeting spaces, day spa and salon. It is expected to open by spring.
