Detroit’s 3 casinos report $1.4 billion in 2017 revenue

    FILE - In this April 2, 2012 file photo, Keith Groff, left, and Jerry Colonna, right, toast each other after another winning spin at a roulette table at Revel, the $2.4 billion casino resort in Atlantic City N.J. moments after it opened. Colonna, the first customer through the doors when the casino opened at 7 a.m., walked away from the table up $1,500 after just 10 minutes of gambling. On Monday Jan. 8, 2018, Colorado developer Bruce Deifik announced he has bought the shuttered casino from former owner Glenn Straub for $200 million, and plans to reopen it in summer 2018. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
    FILE - In this April 2, 2012 file photo, Keith Groff, left, and Jerry Colonna, right, toast each other after another winning spin at a roulette table at Revel, the $2.4 billion casino resort in Atlantic City N.J. moments after it opened. Colonna, the first customer through the doors when the casino opened at 7 a.m., walked away from the table up $1,500 after just 10 minutes of gambling. On Monday Jan. 8, 2018, Colorado developer Bruce Deifik announced he has bought the shuttered casino from former owner Glenn Straub for $200 million, and plans to reopen it in summer 2018. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

    DETROIT (AP)>> The three casinos in Detroit have reported $1.4 billion in aggregate revenue last year.

    The Michigan Gaming Control Board says Tuesday that the amount is about a 1-percent increase over 2016 totals.

    Slot machines contributed $1.14 billion — 81 percent — of the 2017 revenue, while table games took in $260 million.

    Revenue was about $592 million at MGM Grand Detroit and $478 million at MotorCity Casino. Greektown Casino took in nearly $330 million.

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    The casinos paid just over $113 million in gaming taxes last year. They reported paying the city of Detroit about $177 million in waging taxes and development agreement payments.