'So far, so good,' Encore Boston Harbor President Robert DeSalvio said last week on WGBH's Greater Boston. Last week, Encore Boston Harbor officials touted the Everett facility's smooth opening and said everything was operating well at the $2.6 billion resort gambling palace.
The casino's 242 table games brought in another $7.67 million in revenue for Encore between its June 23 grand opening and the end of June. Those machines returned about 90.25 percent of the $93.5 million that players put into them as winnings and held back 9.75 percent for the House, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported in its monthly revenue roundup. More than half of the eight days worth of revenue, $9.12 million, was generated by the resort casino's 3,158 slot machines. In the first eight days that Encore Boston Harbor was open, gamblers wagered more than $93.5 million on the slot machines alone at the Everett casino and the Wynn Resorts operation counted $16.79 million in total revenue, or more than $2 million a day. Facebook Email Casino workers listen during a news conference near the gaming floor at the Encore Boston Harbor casino in Everett, Mass., Friday, June 21, 2019.
