None of these Pennsylvania and Ohio casinos existed when Wheeling Island and Mountaineer officials lobbied the West Virginia Legislature to allow table gambling in 2007. Meanwhile, the Hollywood Casino in Columbus, Ohio, grossed $213.5 million in calendar year 2016.
grossing more than $230 million at the same time. To put that in perspective, The Rivers Casino in downtown Pittsburgh grossed $342.7 million by itself in fiscal 2016, with The Meadows Racetrack and Casino near Washington, Pa.
In fiscal year 2016, nearly a decade after the roulette wheels started spinning, the two Northern Panhandle tracks totalled only $221 million in gross revenue from both slot machines and table gambling.
