Atlantic Metropolis 2021 on line casino earns surpass pre-pandemic ranges

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Atlantic Metropolis’s on line casino earnings have surpassed the place they have been earlier than the coronavirus pandemic broke out, however many of the enchancment is as a result of two latest casinos.
Figures launched Friday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement present eight of the 9 casinos posted a gross working revenue final 12 months.
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Collectively, the 9 casinos earned $766.8 million in 2021, far eclipsing the $117.5 million they made in 2020.
However their 2021 efficiency additionally exceeded that of 2019, the 12 months earlier than the coronavirus outbreak, when the casinos collectively earned practically $594 million.
A seller throughout a card recreation on the Ocean Resort On line casino in Atlantic Metropolis N.J. (AP Photograph/Wayne Parry)
Gross working revenue displays earnings earlier than curiosity, taxes, depreciation and different bills, and is a widely-accepted measure of profitability within the Atlantic Metropolis on line casino business.
Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at Stockton College, which research the Atlantic Metropolis on line casino business, stated the enhancing revenue margins are encouraging for the casinos.
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“This could assist operators as they search to make up vital reductions in (gross working revenue) from 2020 and finance the main capital enchancment initiatives presently underway at properties all through town,” she stated.
Joe Lupo, president of the Laborious Rock on line casino, stated the rise in gross working revenue in comparison with 2019 is due virtually completely to the performances of his on line casino and the Ocean On line casino Resort.
Atlantic metropolis waterline aerial view. AC is a vacationer metropolis in New Jersey well-known for its casinos, boardwalks, and seashores (iStock / iStock)
“You are taking Laborious Rock and Ocean out and the opposite seven properties are flat since 2019,” he stated. “That is discouraging.”
Solely Bally’s reported an working loss for 2021 ($13 million), however that was half the dimensions of their loss a 12 months earlier.
The Borgata had the most important working revenue at $174 million, up from $650,000 a 12 months earlier. The Tropicana earned $118.7 million, up from $18.7 million a 12 months earlier.
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Laborious Rock earned practically $107 million, up from practically $11 million in 2020; Harrah’s earned over $99 million, up from $8.5 million a 12 months earlier; the Ocean on line casino earned over $91 million final 12 months, up from $21.8 million in 2020, and Caesars earned $62 million, up from $10.4 million a 12 months earlier.
Golden Nugget earned $35.5 million, up from $7.2 million a 12 months earlier, and Resorts earned $27.6 million, in contrast with an working lack of $10.5 million a 12 months earlier.
A recreation of roulette underway on the Laborious Rock on line casino in Atlantic Metropolis N.J. (AP Photograph/Wayne Parry)
COVID-19 led to Atlantic Metropolis’s casinos being closed for 3 1/2 months in 2020. And even once they reopened, the have been topic to limitations on their operations that endured into 2021.
For internet-only entities, Golden Nugget On-line Gaming earned $32.8 million in 2021, up over 72% from a 12 months earlier. Caesars Interactive Leisure NJ earned $16.5 million, down practically 17% from a 12 months earlier, and Resorts Digital earned just below $15 million, down over 29% from a 12 months earlier.
Web income for the casinos was simply over $3 billion in 2021, a statistic that features on line casino income (minus promotional allowances similar to free play) plus income from resort rooms, meals and beverage operations and different sources. It was up from $1.8 billion in 2020.
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The Ocean on line casino had the best resort occupancy fee in 2021 at 89%. The Borgata had the bottom at 53%.
Ocean additionally had the best common room fee at $239.40, whereas Resorts had the bottom at $116.31.