Louisiana Casino Revenue Down 4.3 Percent

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's 14 riverboats, four racetrack casinos and Harrah's land-based casino brought in nearly $243.4 million in November.

         That's 4.3 percent worse than the $254.4 million the gambling halls won the year before.

         State police released the November figures Thursday.

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         Lake Charles saw the biggest gain of any casino market in the state, up by nearly 5 percent to $43.3 million.

         Baton Rouge's casinos brought in nearly $21.7 million in November, compared with $24.1 million in November 2013, a 10.1 percent loss. Prior to this gains had been recorded for four month in a row.

         Winnings in the New Orleans riverboat casino market were up .9 percent last month compared with the year before. At Harrah's New Orleans revenues were down by 13.6 percent.

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