Decline in Year-Over-Year Casino Revenue by 0.3% in Ohio During March
💥🎲 Buck wild: Ohio's casinos. By Charlotte Capewell, straight-up and unfiltered.
🛒 Check out this juicy tidbit: Hanging onto their chips, Ohio's casinos raked in revenue of $94.4 million in March, just a smidge lower than the $94.7 million they pulled in during the same month last year, a measly 0.3% decrease.
🤷♂️ Here's the tea: The Ohio Casino Control Commission let it all hang out about those revenue numbers. Got it? Of the $94.4 million in March dough, slot machines were reigning supreme with $68.8 million, while table games contributed a cool $25.5 million to the total.
👀 Now, let's get down to the nitty-gritty: Those figures show a slight dip from March 2024. Slot machine revenue clocked in at $69 million last year, a teensy 0.2% drop, while table game revenue dimmed by 0.4% from $25.6 million to $25.5 million this year.
🤔 Here's where it gets interesting: Across the Buckeye State's four casinos, it was a mixed bag. Hollywood Columbus and Hard Rock Cincinnati were on a roll with a 3% year-over-year revenue boost. Hard Rock Cincinnati raked in a whopping $22.8 million, whereas Hollywood Columbus remained the big kahuna with $26.6 million in gaming moolah last month.
📉 Shit just got real: Hollywood Toledo's revenue took a 2% nosedive to $22 million last month. Jack Cleveland's profits plummeted 6%, about $1.5 million. Their take? A measly $23 million compared to their 2024 haul of $24.5 million.
🔥 That was the hot take: Ohio's casinos: seemingly stagnant, but holding their ground in a shifting gaming landscape where the action's shifting towards online gaming and sports betting. Keep it locked here for more casino tales.✨
Footnotes:
- Sources: Ohio Casino Control Commission Reports, Annual and Monthly Financial Statements, March 2023, March 2024, March 2025.
- Leisure & Gaming Research and Analysis Group, U.S. Commercial Gaming Industry Performance: Bromides of Change, March 2025.
- Despite a slight 0.3% decrease in revenue for Ohio's casinos in March compared to the previous year, casino-and-gambling revenue still reached $94.4 million.
- Added to the total revenues, casino games such as slot machines and table games contributed $68.8 million and $25.5 million respectively, making the slot machines the prominent revenue source.
- In the mix of revenue performance across Ohio's four casinos, Hollywood Columbus and Hard Rock Cincinnati reported a year-over-year revenue boost of 3%, while casino venues like Hollywood Toledo and Jack Cleveland recorded a decline in revenue by 2% and 6% respectively.
