While falling short of the $3 million predicted by Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp.’s chief financial officer, the 2021 third quarter nevertheless turned out to be a record three-month period at Batavia Downs Gaming.
WROTB’s 17 participating municipalities will be receiving $2,518,587 in earnings from July, August and September and another $62,729 in surcharge in September, according to figures released Thursday by CFO Jacquelyne Leach.
"We fell short because we were able to come to an agreement with the Batavia Downs Gaming Union to provide a much deserved bonus and wage adjustment to our gaming union employees," Leach said.
Furthermore, illustrating the facility’s recent surge in activity, earnings and surcharge distributions of $4.4 million for the first nine months of 2021 are $1.2 million more when compared to the first nine months of 2019 -- a 39.48 percent increase, Leach reported.
Genesee County will be receiving $53,393 in earnings from the third quarter and $1,090 in surcharge from September. For the year, the combined amount going to Genesee is $93,344 – up from $71,287 for the same period in 2019.
The years 2021 and 2019 were used since 2020’s earnings were adversely affected by COVID-19.
The third-quarter numbers for the other GLOW counties are as follows:
Livingston -- $57,738 in earnings and $1,129 in surcharge (September);
Orleans -- $37,144 and $634;
Wyoming -- $36,771 and $671.
Surcharge and earnings distributions for the other GLOW counties for 2021 are as follows:
Livingston -- $100,232 (up from $77,427 in 2019);
Orleans -- $63,187 (up from 51,822 in 2019);
Wyoming -- $63,382 (up from $49,969 in 2019).
