{"id":5283,"date":"2019-09-16T21:04:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T01:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/?p=5283"},"modified":"2019-10-01T13:06:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T17:06:44","slug":"boston-slot-machines-havent-been-a-boon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/boston-slot-machines-havent-been-a-boon\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Slot Machines Haven&#8217;t Been a Boon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/boston-slot-machines-slow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5289\" \/>Slots are typically the big moneymakers for casinos. However, Boston slot machines haven&#8217;t exactly been on fire lately.<\/p>\n<p>Encore Boston Harbor has done fine in terms of overall revenue. They made $52.4 million in August according to the latest revenue figures.<\/p>\n<p>However, their slots profits aren&#8217;t as big a part of this as expected. I&#8217;ll explain more on this situation below.<\/p>\n<p><H2>Table Games Outperforming Slot Machines<\/H2><\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/casinos\/2019\/09\/encore-boston-harbor-made-524-million-in-august-still-showing-soft-slots-revenue.html\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mass Live<\/a>, Encore earned $32.2 million from table games. Meanwhile, slot machines brought in $20 million to the casino.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Encore did better than in July. They made almost $4 million in August.<\/p>\n<p>But the most troubling part is that their slots revenue fell by $1 million from the previous month.<\/p>\n<p><H2>Can Boston Slot Machines Improve Performance?<\/H2><\/p>\n<p>Bob DeSalvio, the President of Encore, said that he&#8217;s pleased with the table games&#8217; results. However, he&#8217;d like to see more revenue from the slot machines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re actually adding a few more tables on the casino floor as we speak,&#8221; said DeSalvio. &#8220;But I will tell you the slots business has been soft.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><H2>Slot Machines Beginning to Slide Out of Encore Boston<\/H2><\/p>\n<p>Encore Boston Harbor has already been taking action to improve their sagging slots revenue. In fact, they&#8217;re getting rid of some of their machines.<\/p>\n<p>The casino originally began with 3,100 slot machines. However, they&#8217;ve already cut this amount down to 3,000 from late June until the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>For Encore Boston Harbor, they need to focus on what&#8217;s actually bringing in the money. For now, the big moneymaker appears to be table games.<\/p>\n<p>Encore may later decide to revisit their decision if they notice that slots revenue is improving. But they&#8217;re currently taking a less is more approach to the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Chances are, they&#8217;re going to be more successful with fewer slot machines when considering the most-recent results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slots are typically the big moneymakers for casinos. However, Boston slot machines haven&#8217;t exactly been on fire lately. Encore Boston Harbor has done fine in terms of overall revenue. They made $52.4 million in August according to the latest revenue figures. However, their slots profits aren&#8217;t as big a part of this as expected. I&#8217;ll &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5283"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5283"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5290,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5283\/revisions\/5290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slotsmamma.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}