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 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 of Connecticut 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 to state statistics released 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 of Connecticut 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, Connecticut, while an East Windsor casino proposed by the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes intended to compete with MGM’s Springfield operation has received federal permission, but it still faces a lawsuit from an abutter before the proposal can advance any further.

Massachusetts gambling regulators are currently deliberating whether or not to revoke the Boston-area casino license held by Wynn Resorts over sexual assault allegations against the company’s former CEO Steve Wynn. Wynn’s $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett is scheduled to open later this year.

MGM Springfield Sees Big Bump in Revenue, Conn. Casinos See More Declines

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