The profits for Dover Downs plunged during the second quarter of this year coming in at a profit of 32-thousand.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that’s up from the $184-thousand loss in the previous quarter.
Nonetheless it’s still a 96 percent decline from the same quarter last year which saw a profit of $796-thousand.
The overall revenue for the second quarter was $43 million.
There has been a drop in hotel occupancy to 85 percent in the second quarter compared with 88 percent the year before.
Dover Downs CEO Denis McGlynn said there were a number of factors including competition from other states to closing on Easter in the second quarter.
He said he has met with Governor John Carney to get better promotion of Dover Downs.
