Ohio Casino Revenue Hits Over $84 Million in November

The Ohio Casino Control Commission has released its casino figures for November 2024, revealing the state’s four regulated casinos generated revenues of $84.3 million. 

That marks a nearly 5% increase year-on-year and a jump of over $1 million month-on-month.

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Hollywood Columbus Casino Drives Revenue Increase

While all four Ohio casinos included on the Ohio Casino Control Commission’s report posted revenue increases, three had growth under 3%. The only exception was Hollywood Columbus Casino, where revenues increased by over 14% year-on-year. The casino collected an additional $3 million in revenues, covering over 75% of the state-wide rise.

Compared to the prior year, Hollywood Columbus Casino added nearly 40 additional slots, which paid off as slot revenues increased to almost $18.3 million from almost $16.4 million. 

Revenue from table games like blackjack also jumped from over $5.3 million to $6.4 million. The table game payout of 74.51% in November 2024 was lower than any month in 2024 and 2023. 

The next highest riser was Hollywood Toledo Casino, operated by the same parent company, PENN Entertainment. The casino collected 2.7% more in revenues in November 2024 compared to November 2023.

Interestingly, slot revenues at Hollywood Toledo actually slipped by over 0.8% year-on-year, from $15.6 million to $15.5 million. 

That slight decrease was offset by the rise in table game revenues, increasing from $1.9 million in November 2023 to $2.5 million in November 2024. That $1.9 million in revenues in November 2023 was the first time Hollywood Toledo table game revenues dropped below $2 million since the casino reopened following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The other two casinos grew by less than 1%, with Jack Cleveland increasing revenues by 0.9% and Hard Rock Cincinnati growing by 0.7%. Jack Cleveland saw revenues rise across slots and table games, even with its highest table payout percentage of the year at 77.73%.

Meanwhile, Hard Rock Cincinnati saw its table game revenues decline year-on-year from $6.8 million to $6.5 million, but its slot revenues rose. Even with the drop in table game revenues, the state has the second-highest total.  

Ohio continues to post positive casino revenues while clamping down on illegal gambling, with the Ohio Casino Control Commission shutting down three illegal operations earlier in 2024. 

Strong November Results Put Ohio on Course for $1 Billion Revenue Year

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the land-based casino industry hard in 2020 and continued to have a negative impact well into 2021, which you can clearly see in the casino revenue numbers for those years. However, in the two years with complete numbers since 2022 and 2023, Ohio casinos have made up for lost time, eclipsing $1 billion in year-long revenue. 

After generating $84.3 million in revenue in November, Ohio looks set to hit that milestone for a third in a row, confirming the industry’s complete recovery. Ohio casinos need to generate $80.2 million in December. The last time the state failed to hit this mark was in January 2024; the lowest amount since then has been $81.5 million.  

$1 billion is significantly higher than the total for the three years before the pandemic, when the state earned around $800 million in revenue.