SLIDE IN ATLANTIC CITY CASINO EARNINGS CONTINUES

Despite a terrific Memorial Day Weekend, Atlantic City’s casino win figures dropped in May, 2010 by nine percent from 12 months ago. A new report issued by the Casino Control Commission today shows that the win figure for Atlantic City casinos was just over $317 million in May, 2010. which represents a drop from May, 2009. For the first five months of the year, the commission reports the overall win figure at $1.47 billion, which is down nearly eight percent over the first five months of last year.