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More than 4,460 jobs have been created in Pennsylvania by casino table games in less than a month of operation, the state House Gaming Oversight Committee said Monday.

Supervisors, dealers and clerks, and security are among the jobs created by table games, which also appear to be boosting slot machine play, Committee Chairman Rep. Dante Santoni said at an informational hearing.

"The state received a record $116 million in slot machine tax revenues in July; a 17.81 percent increase over last summer that will go to lowering property taxes," Santoni said. "Many casinos credit that increase in slot play with the growing number of visitors they have seen since table games rolled out in mid-July No teletrak payday loan."

The revenue figures for table games won’t be available until after Aug. 20. Pennsylvania’s casinos, including Parx in Bensalem and Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack, introduced table games in mid-July.

Table games and slots combined have created 12,754 jobs in the state, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

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