ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) -- Atlantic City's 11 casinos experienced their biggest monthly drop in revenue ever in September.
Data out today from the state Casino Control Commission shows the amount of money the gaming halls won from gamblers plunged 15.1 percent from the same month a year ago.
That made it the biggest one-month decline in the 30-year history of legalized gambling here.
The casinos took in $356 million in September. That total includes $244.7 million at the slot machines, a decline of 18.6 percent, and $111.2 million at table games, down 6.2 percent.
For the first nine months of the year, the casinos won $3.6 billion, down 6.3 percent from the same period in 2007. Revenue from slot machines is down 8.1 percent and revenue from table games is down 1.8 percent for the nine months.
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