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Plainridge Park’s gambling revenues improved in January

Players Charlie Robinson and Judy Nunn celebrate Robinson winning at the slot machines at the Plainridge Park Casino. Keith Bedford / The Boston Globe

PLAINVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Revenues at Massachusetts’s first casino are on an upswing.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported Tuesday that Plainridge Park Casino pulled in $12.5 million in gross revenues from its slot machines in January.

That’s up from about $11.3 million in December. The slots parlor and harness racing track has seen a steady decline in monthly revenues since opening in late June. Its peak was in July, when it posted $18.1 million in gross gambling revenues.

State revenue figures show the January tally was the highest since October when the casino reported a $12.9 million haul.

Lance George, the casino’s general manager, says the facility is going through revenue ‘‘ebbs and flows’’ and will need time to become more predictable.

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Massachusetts collects 49 percent of all gambling revenues from the facility.

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