Well, that’s that.

Residents in Lancaster Township can breathe easy now that developers of a proposed mini casino announced Monday that they will build the casino in Beaver County, not in Lancaster as some of the residents had feared.

As envisioned by Mount Airy Pittsburgh, the casino won’t be so mini as the name implies. It will house 750 slot machines and 30 gaming tables and be situated on a 100-acre resort that eventually will include a four-diamond luxury hotel, spa, convention center and golf course.

The location — the intersection of Interstate 376 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike, just west of Ellwood City — is a primary attraction for Mount Airy. The traffic artery carries a vital mix of resident and regional traffic, plus a steady flow of out-of-state visitors craving a resort experience with gaming thrown in. It will be an enticement to more than a few Butler County residents, who might enjoy a resort option closer to home than Atlantic City or Las Vegas or even the tribal lands of upstate New York.

For those who are willing to commute, there will be good-paying jobs. The resort will provide an estimated 750 or more permanent jobs, according to Beaver County officials. The resort will be less than 20 miles west of where the residents of Lancaster Township had first suspected it might be built. It will be easily accessible to employees as well as gamblers and other visitors.

It will be a great place to visit. However, as the old saying goes, we wouldn’t want to live there.

There’s a reason casinos are proliferating in Pennsylvania and dozens of other states. The reason is the promise of easy revenue. Shopping malls and drive-in movie theaters are passe. There’s a reason why all the Blockbuster stores have closed.

The money-making factor appears to be overwhelmingly true. Revenue statistics uphold the notion that the house holds a distinct advantage. In July the state released annual slot revenues showing a gross revenue increase of 0.69 percent for the 12 casinos combined — $2.35 billion total revenue in fiscal 2018 (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018) compared with $2.34 billion in FY 2017 (July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017).

But it might not be all rosy. The Gaming Control Board’s latest figures showed slot revenue slipping. Pennsylvania’s 12 casinos took in $203.6 million in July 2018. That’s down 2.62 percent from July 2017.

Mount Airy’s revenue was down significantly more than that in July. It fell by 10.54 percent to $13.16 million in July 2018 from $14.71 million in July 2017.

Maybe it’s true that even gambling is a gamble for investors. There is no guarantee of revenue totals to the state. And now it will be Beaver County’s gamble, not Butler County’s.

Well, that’s that. The resort and casino will be a nice place to visit.