{"id":29480,"date":"2021-04-06T07:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T15:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/?p=29480"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:48:45","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T18:48:45","slug":"maryland-has-best-month-ever-rio-reopens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/maryland-has-best-month-ever-rio-reopens\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland has best month ever; Rio reopens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Even with capacity restrictions still in place at MGM National Harbor<\/strong> and Horseshoe Baltimore<\/strong>, the Free State enjoyed an epic March with casinos posting an all-time-record $169 million. On March 12, MGM and Horseshoe were bumped up to 50% capacity (from 25%) and restrictions at the state’s four smaller casinos were lifted. (Last year, casinos were closed March 16-June 19.) As usual, MGM was out front with $66.5 million, 6% better than March 2019. It and Maryland Live <\/strong>dominated the market, with 39% and 36%, respectively. Maryland Live gained 9% to $61 million but while Horseshoe Baltimore<\/strong> grew sequentially (up $5.5 million from February), it was still the state’s lone disappointment, down 23% to $20 million. Ocean Downs<\/strong> was up 13% to $7.5 million, Hollywood Perryville<\/strong> vaulted 21% to $9 million and Rocky Gap Resort<\/strong> was up 8.5% to $5.5 million. The leading edge of a trend? We certainly think so. As America<\/strong> goes, so goes Maryland\u2014only more so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

West Virginia<\/strong>, however, remained mire in a funk compared with March 2019 (revenue comparisons with March 2020 are incomplete, due a March 27 closure). Slots were down 13% and tables 20%, for a 14% overall decline in gross gaming revenue. Hollywood Charles Town<\/strong> had a bad month at the slots (-19%) but cleaned up at the tables, leaping 46% upward. With an extra weekend day, this April should be better … for Maryland, at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jottings<\/em><\/strong>: The Rio<\/strong> opens its rooms on a full-time basis<\/a> April 19. For an overview<\/a> of new ownership’s plans for the much-abused resort, see Vital Vegas<\/em>. Author Scott Roeben<\/strong> was underwhelmed but we beg to differ … Forget about casinos in Georgia<\/strong> anytime soon. Even the soft underbelly of gaming expansion, sports betting, was impenetrable to the Lege, in yet another in a litany of failures … By contrast, both sports betting and i-gaming passed out of the Connecticut<\/strong> House and seem to have the momentum for enactment … After a false start several years ago, Sri Lanka<\/strong> is making another run<\/a> at destination gambling. The idea is to create a special, China<\/strong>-run enclave in Colombo<\/strong>. The area will, however, be subject to Ceylonese regulation … Congratulations to Aristocrat Technologies<\/strong>, which won nine trophies<\/a> at the EKG Slot Awards<\/strong>. A distant second was Everi Holdings<\/strong> (n\u00e9e Shufflemaster<\/strong>) with four nods … Las Vegas<\/strong> producers Grace Lusk<\/strong> and Troy Heard <\/strong>are turning Covid-19<\/strong> health guidelines to their advantage with new show Hot Trash<\/em>. A tribute to Times Square<\/strong> peepshows, it will feature a masked audience and a plexiglass wall separating performers from spectators. Voyeuristic much? (That’s sort of the idea.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even with capacity restrictions still in place at MGM National Harbor and Horseshoe Baltimore, the Free State enjoyed an epic March with casinos posting an all-time-record $169 million. On March 12, MGM and Horseshoe were bumped up to 50% capacity … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[106,244,275,176,251,70,14,4,97,283,22,245,69,33,107,243,280,139],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29481,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29480\/revisions\/29481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/stiffs-and-georges\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}