From the MORNING CALL:
Nevada’s got far more slot machines and table games, New Jersey has more casino workers and even Iowa has nearly twice as many casinos, but there’s one place where Pennsylvania gambling industry is king: taxes.
Pennsylvania collected more taxes from its casinos than any other state, passing Nevada for the first time, fiscal 2009 revenues show.
Perhaps most impressive is that the nearly $1.1 billion collected last year by Pennsylvania came from just nine casinos, while Nevada collected nearly a quarter-billion less from its 260 gambling halls…
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