HARRISBURG — A new casino in Philadelphia spurred much of an increase in tax revenue from slot-machine gambling in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board says taxes collected from slots gambling increased by nearly 8 percent to $1.3 billion during the 2010-11 fiscal year that ended Thursday. Board spokesman Doug Harbach said Wednesday that about two-thirds of the $93 million increase was generated by slots gamblers at the SugarHouse Casino that opened in September.

Harbach says the slots tax revenue has steadily increased since the first slots casino opened in 2006.

Much of the slots revenue is used to help reduce local property-tax rates for homeowners, but it also helps pay for water and sewer projects, purchases by fire and emergency companies and road improvements.