Connecticut’s two resort casinos experienced yet another month of declining slot machine revenues in March, bringing their losing streak to nine months. At the same time, the MGM Springfield casino just across the state line in Massachusetts saw a substantial increase in all types of gaming revenue.
Mohegan Sun saw its slots revenues decline by 8 percent in March compared to the same month last year, the state reported Monday. Foxwoods Resort Casino saw its slots revenues drop by 6.7 percent.
In the same month, slots revenue at the Springfield casino, which opened in August of last year, was up 27 percent over the February’s take, to $18.58 million, according a report released by the state of Massachusetts on Tuesday. Table games generated $7.1 million at the casino in March, up 1 percent from the previous month. By contrast, both Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods saw their slots revenues increase about 17 percent between February and March 2018 and again in 2017, according to state historical data, suggesting MGM is seeing faster-than-normal revenue slots revenue. Connecticut’s casinos do not report their take from table games.
A Mohegan Sun spokesperson told The Day of New London that the declines were not unexpected and the month’s revenues were “not disappointing.”
MGM Resorts International is currently seeking state backing for a casino near downtown Bridgeport, while an East Windsor casino proposed by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes has received federal permission, but it still faces a lawsuit from an abutter before the proposal can advance any further.