Hollywood Gaming numbers stay steady

AUSTINTOWN

May’s numbers at Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course were similar to the previous two months.

In May there were: $75,596,933 credits played, $67,332,147 credits won and a net win, or what the racino took in, of $7,791,342. Of that net win, $5,155,336 stayed with Hollywood Gaming, $2,610,100 went to the lottery commission and $25,906 was appropriated for problem gambling services.

Promotional credits, which had risen each month from January to April, took a step down from $553,312 in April to $473,444 in May. There was a 89.69-percent payout, the highest payout percent since the Austintown racino opened in Sept. 2014. The faciility averaged 866 video lottery terminals, which has become a consistent number in the monthly reports and had an averge win per VLT per day of $290, down from $298 in March and April.

Most of the numbers for May were the highest in one month at the racino besides October 2014, the first full month of operations.

Bob Tenenbaum, spokesperson for parent company Penn National Gaming Inc., said it is company policy not to talk about numbers specifically.

“I think we’re getting to the point where we’re seeing pretty consistent numbers and we’re also seeing pretty consistently strong numbers,” Tenenbaum said.