Mississippi Gaming Revenues – First Six Months 2017

Year-Over-Year First Six Months Net Gaming Revenues for the years 2014 through 2017

Overall, Mississippi Gaming Revenues were down 2.88% for the first six months 2017 compared to 2016. Mississippi ‘River Counties’ continue to see a decline in their first six months Gaming Revenues, over $81,511,933 or 15.13% from 2014 to 2017. ‘Coastal Counties’ saw a slight decline their first six months Gaming Revenues for the first time in four years. However the Net Revenues in the ‘Coastal’ Region have risen by $58,684,669 or 10.81% during that same 2014 – 2017 period.  

Table 1 – Net Gaming Revenues for the two Regions first Six Months each year (000’s)        

Source:  Mississippi Gaming Commission Revenue Reports

* Mississippi Coastal Region or ’Coastal’. Counties within this region remain unchanged for the years 2014 through 2017.

**  Mississippi River Region - For the years 2014 and 2015 Mississippi Gaming Revenues were reported as the Mississippi Coastal Region and the Mississippi River Region.  Beginning in 2016, the Gaming Revenue Reports report the previous Mississippi River Region as ‘Northern’ and ‘Central’.  We have combined ‘Northern’ and ’Central’ as  ‘Mississippi River Region’ or ‘River’ in 2016 and 2017 to maintain continuity in our year-over-year comparisons.

Revenue reports include those from the Mississippi licensed gaming facilities reporting to the Mississippi Gaming Commission.  They do not include the Native American Tribal casinos since the Tribal groups do not report to the Mississippi state gaming agency.