MASON COUNTY — According to the West Virginia Lottery Commission, over $10 million was played on video lottery machines in Mason County between April 1 and April 30.

This means in the span of one month, $10 million was pumped into 160 machines for which the lottery commission licenses in Mason County. These statistics are interesting when compared to Mason County’s median household income which, according to the last U.S. Census, was $36,027 with 18.9 percent living below the poverty level.

Of course, it’s speculated several video lottery customers in Mason County come from Ohio to play and therefore pump money into the local economy. In fact, the county receives around $20,000 a month from these machines and has estimated in one year, it will receive a total of $225,000 in revenue.

According to the West Virginia Lottery Commission, in April of this year just in Mason County alone, out of 160 machines, $10.4 million was played, $9.5 million was won, $3.3 million was the amount in and $2.4 million went out with a net revenue of $893,968.14.

The lottery commission breaks down just how much was played, won, paid out and the revenue generated at each individual location in Mason County. The following is a listing of establishments and how much money was played (not to be confused with what was won and cleared as revenue) at each location on video lottery machines in April in Mason County:

Point Cafe 2, five machines, $362,342; American Legion Post, nine machines, $320,960; Bill’s Place, five machines, $316,175; Boomtown Cafe, five machines, $312,928; CM Cafe, five machines, $453,471; Cougars, five machines, $13.15; Cowboy’s Cafe, five machines, $298,701; Fraternal Order Orioles #305, 10 machines, $914,959; Henderson Cafe, five machines, $275,782; Hotspot Cafe, five machines, $313,581; Mason Smoke Shak, five machines, $494,020; Point Pleasant Moose, seven machines, $210,296; Red Parrot Cafe, five machines, $132,415; Riverside Golf Club, five machines, $128,933.

Smith’s Market, five machines, $152,846; Smoke Time Sam’s #88, five machines, $627,721; Smokin Sam’s, five machines, $443,051; Sonny’s Place, five machines, $300,248; Stateline Big Time CS #7, five machines, $444,555; Stateline Bigtime Coffee Shop VI, five machines, $306,953; Texas Jim Three, five machines, $415,722; The Clover Cafe, five machines, $319,266; The Coffee Shop, five machines, $324,556; The Hut, four machines, $55,237.50; The Lighthouse Cafe, five machines, $95,396.50; The Point Cafe, five machines, $713,787; TNT Cafe, five machines, $544,581; TNT Coffee Shop, five machines, $469,219; TNT Coffee Shop, five machines, $433,568; Village Pizza Inn, five machines, $231,514.