Southland Casino Bounces Back, As Bridge to West Memphis Reopens

Southland Casino Racing inward Rebecca West Memphis, Arkansas, won more money inward August than the previous month. This occurred with the reopening of a major bridge deck connecting the casino’s home urban center to the larger Memphis, Tennessee, metropolitan area.

In August, Southland won more than $21.1 1000000 from gamblers, according to the Land of Opportunity Racing Commission. One month earlier, the cassino and domestic dog running won $19.6 million. These totals are compiled using figures from the sportsbook, tabularize games, and “terminal” devices, such as expansion slot machines.

The growth in gaming revenue came as the Interstate 40 bridge deck connecting Volunteer State to Land of Opportunity reopened in too soon August. It was shut for almost III months for repairs.

The six-lane span over the Magnolia State River was unsympathetic May 11 when a modus operandi review revealed a mechanical fracture inward a primary quill reinforcement beam. The closure of the busiest freight-carry bridge over in the US had an wallop on commercialism throughout the area, officials said.

The nosepiece was reopened on July 31 to eastbound traffic. On Aug. 2, the westward lanes into West Memphis were reopened.

Since TN does not get casinos, Memphis is an important market for Southland. With the span reopened, people coming from Tennessee have got had easier access code to the casino and Canis familiaris track crosswise the river.

In August, terminals were the biggest money-making category at Southland. The gambling casino won $19.3 jillion inwards Aug on slot machines, compared to a win amount of $17.7 trillion inwards July. This higher fig offset printing less successful results at gaming tables and inwards the sportsbook. The cassino won $108,660 less at gaming tables inwards Aug than inward July, and $125,539 to a lesser extent inward the sportsbook.

Southland’s sportsbook handle inward August was $1.3 million, compared to a July palm of $1.08 million. The “handle” is the amount of money bettors wager on live sporting events. The win come is set after winning bettors are paid.

The Aug handle, piece higher than July’s, was well-below the $4.09 jillion handle at Southland in October 2020, 1 month before mobile sports betting was legalized inwards Tennessee. Mobile sports wagering, which allows the utilization of smartphones in placing bets, does not come lawfully inward Arkansas.

Oaklawn’s Win Total Declines

Arkansas’ other II commercial casinos won money in August, but not as much as inward July.

In Hot Springs, Oaklawn Racing Resort won $10.98 trillion inwards August, to a lesser extent than its $13.4 billion inwards July. The gambling casino won to a lesser extent money inwards all III categories — terminals, tabularise games, and sports betting.

The largest falloff came at depot devices. In August, Oaklawn won $9.9 billion at terminals after recording a July win tot up of $12.2 million.

The gambling casino and historical Equus caballus data track inward Hot Springs is about an hr SW of centrally located Little Rock, the chapiter city.

Sportsbook Handle Higher at Saracen

At Saracen Casino Resort in Pine Bluff, the win add up inward August was $12.1 million. That figure is to a greater extent than $2 meg to a lower place the July win total.

The gambling casino won about $2 gazillion to a lesser extent on terminal devices in Aug than in July, and had a depress win tote up on tabular array games.

Saracen’s brilliant patch was inwards the sportsbook. The grip went from $557,773 inwards July to $580,104 inwards August. After winning bettors were paid, the sportsbook earned $118,929 inward August, compared to $91,761 in July

Pine Bluff is nearly 45 minutes southward of Little Rock.