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ith West Virginia casinos and Limited Video Lottery (LVL) locations shut down for more than two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a 17-year streak of state Lottery annual gross revenues topping $1 billion ended in June, according to figures from the state Lottery Commission.
Gross revenue for the 2019-20 budget year, which ended June 30, topped out at $955.7 million, a drop of $187.4 million from 2018-19, as reported by Charleston Gazette-Mail.
Lottery Director John Myers had predicted the end of the streak last month, after Gov. Jim Justices stay-at-home orders forced casinos and LVL locations to close as of March 18. The latter reopened on May 30, while the states five casinos were allowed to reopen on June 5.
Despite the long closures, and probably due to pent-up demand, June was an especially strong month for the Lottery, with gross revenue of $103.74 million up 10% from June 2019. LVL had a record month, with $40.88 million in revenue, up 27% from June 2019.
With the loss of four business days, and with social distancing restrictions, casino racetrack video lottery and table games revenue of $40.9 million was about $5.1 million less than June 2019 revenue. For the budget year, the states share of Lottery profits, $424.05 million, was down $163.12 million from the 2018-19 budget year.
Myers said iGaming virtual casino-style games played on computers or smartphones launched on July 15, and in its first five days produced $160,379 in revenue on $7.9 million of wagers. That was equivalent to what sports wagering took in for the week, Myers said, while noting, We know sports wagering doesnt have a whole lot to wager on right now. Currently, only blackjack and roulette are offered on iGaming platforms, but plans are to approve additional games.
Furthermore, the Lottery Commission revoked Thursday the Lottery license and LVL operating permits for Karens Cookie Carnival, and fined the LVL location $92,100 for multiple instances of cashing checks and extending credit to patrons. The action followed a six-month investigation of the Huntington LVL location, located inside a laundromat.
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