Hollywood Slot Machines Doing Well

In this recession, the casinos have seen their slot machine revenues drop across the board. They say that as people are choosing not to gamble, or if they are gambling, they are doing it online, they cannot produce the numbers that they used to in terms of slot machine revenue. Everyone is feeling the pinch – or at least it seemed that way.

The people of Maine have seen a different thing go on as they have seen their slot machines perform rather well. The people of Maine have long tried to keep slot machines out of their state as they felt it was a bad idea. The Hollywood Casino in Bangor is the only casino in the state and others have tried to come in since it did but to no avail.

But even though they were against slot machines coming into the state, it seems that the people of Maine are not against playing them. According to recent reports, slot machine revenue for the month of April is actually up – which is not something that many casinos can report. In fact, most casinos are saying that their slot machine revenue is down.

Now they also have more slot machines this year than they did last year. Last year they had 475 slot machines, and this year they have 1,000 slot machines – so that explains the 17% increase from one year to the next, but does not explain the large increase from one month to another. Needless to say the slot machines aren’t getting much flack these days.

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