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As we have documented in past Policy Briefs, the Rivers Casino has gotten off to a rocky start-first with ownership problems and then with weak gross terminal revenues from slots operations.  At the completion of its first full year (August 2009-2010) we noted that the $222.3 million earned in gross terminal revenues fell woefully short of its own projections of $428 million as well as the $362 million projected from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB).  It did not even compare favorably to its southern competitor, the Meadows Casino in nearby Washington County, which had earned $252 million during the same time frame-above both its’ own projections and that of the PGCB. 

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