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Pennsylvania set another annual record for gambling revenue in the era of online gambling and sports betting, state regulators said, reporting that casinos and other operators won more than $4.7 billion from gamblers in calendar year 2021 in one of the nation’s largest commercial casino states.

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Southeastern Connecticut’s casinos posted big year-over-year gains in slot-machine revenue in December, largely a reflection of the COVID-19 restrictions that were in place a year ago.

Mohegan Sun reported Monday that it kept $41.8 million in slots “win” after paying out prizes last month, a 29.5% increase over the $32.2 million it kept the same month a year earlier. Foxwoods Resort Casino kept $30.5 million, up from $21.5 million a year ago, a 42% jump. 

Mohegan Sun contributed $11.7 million of its December slots win to the state while Foxwoods sent $7.6 million to Hartford. 

Data posted on the website of the state Department of Consumer Protection’s Gaming Division show that while December, the second full month of online casino gaming in Connecticut, generated more money for the state than November did, revenue from online sports betting declined from month to month. Online gaming sites operated by the casinos paid the state $2.9 million in December, up from $2.5 million in November. Sports wagering offered by the casinos and by the Connecticut Lottery Corp. generated about $930,000 for the state in December, down from about $1.7 million the previous month. 

The casinos’ online sports betting sites collected more wagers than in previous months but paid out a greater percentage in winnings. 

Foxwoods took in $68.9 million in sports wagers and paid out $63.8 million to patrons who placed winning bets. Mohegan Sun collected $63.3 million in wagers and paid out $59.4 million. The lottery took in $11.4 million in bets and paid out $10.5 million. The lottery’s retail sites accepted another $6.5 million in wagers and paid out $6.1 million. 

After deductions for canceled bets, taxes and promotions, Foxwoods’ gross sports-betting revenue in December was $3.2 million. Mohegan Sun’s was $2.6 million and the lottery’s was $561,036. Each paid 13.75% of their…

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During his media availability last week, Penguins head coach J.D. Forrest said forward Alex Nylander is the type of player that can help dig the team out of its last-place hole.

Just a few days later, those words have already started to ring true.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ended its month-long losing skid this weekend with two victories, and the recently-acquired Nylander was a big reason why. He scored a power play goal in Sunday’s long-overdue win over Hershey, and now has five points in six games since joining the Penguins less than two weeks ago.

“I mean, the skill is evident,” Forrest said. “It’s just a matter of having him get used to the type of pace that the Pittsburgh organization wants to play, and finding some consistency.”

Nylander has already made a number of high-level plays with WBS, including a third-period setup for captain Taylor Fedun in Utica on Jan. 7 that put the Penguins in a position to win. Then this past weekend — days after Forrest mentioned he’d like the Alberta native to shoot more — he potted Sunday’s goal and also an extra-attacker tally against Lehigh Valley on Friday.

The Penguins also got a big boost this weekend from their top line of Felix Robert, Valtteri Puustinen and Sam Houde, giving them a number of players on hot streaks as they continue a busy month with five games over the next week.

Forrest said players that get a fresh start often have a boost in energy, something that Nylander seems to be benefitting from.

A top-10 draft pick of Buffalo in 2016, Nylander has undergone a lot of growing pains since turning pro in 2016-17. He played his first season with the Rochester Americans, scoring only 10 goals in 65 games with a plus-minus rating of negative-24.

He would only appear in 19 games with Buffalo…

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