A new report from consulting firm Richard K. Miller and Associates (RKMA) revealed that gross gaming revenue in the U.S. totaled $80.5 billion in 2009. The company’s “Casinos, Gaming, and Wagering 2010” report provided in-depth analysis regarding the amount of money retained by casinos, racetracks, lotteries, and other gaming hosts.
According to the report, approximately 70% of U.S. adults placed a wager of some type in 2009, with Americans wagering approximately $900 billion at casinos and racetracks, playing lottery games, and on other forms of legal betting like poker. The total did not include the estimated $100 billion to $300 billion wagered annually in the U.S. on sporting events and the more than $100 billion in estimated online bets.
Of the $80.5 billion in revenue, casinos earned the bulk of it, bringing in a total of $57.5 billion – $30.7 billion from land-based/riverboat casinos and “racinos,” and $26.8 billion from tribal casinos. Lotteries generated $17.9 billion, parimutuel wagering (thoroughbred, harness, and greyhound racing, and jai-alai) totaled $3.0 billion, card rooms (poker) were $1.1 billion, charitable bingo was $826 million, and sports books amounted to $136 million. American Gaming Association, National Indian Gaming Commission, International Gaming & Wagering Business, state gaming commissions, and state lotteries provided detailed information.
All but two states – Hawaii and Utah – allowed some form of wagering in 2009. Forty-one states allowed casinos in the U.S., as Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, and Virginia do not have any operating casinos. Parimutuel wagering is also legal in 41 states. Meanwhile, 42 states, along with the District of Columbia, operated lotteries last year. Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia were the only states to allow every form of gaming mentioned.
Each casino operation was broken down by state in the report with data provided by the Casino City’s Gaming Business Directory (Winter 2010 Edition), the American Gaming Association, state gaming commissions, and casino websites. The RKMA report presented a statistical review of the casino sector covering gaming establishments of all types: casino mega-resorts, casino-hotels, tribal casinos, riverboat casinos, “racinos,” card rooms, and bingo parlors. Emerging areas such as mobile wagering, server-based gaming, and skill-based gaming were also covered, as well as the latest trends in table games, slot machines, and sports betting.
The “Casinos, Gaming & Wagering” report has been published since 1997 and is considered to be the most comprehensive reference for current gaming and wagering statistics and historical data available from any source. According to RKMA, virtually all major casinos, racetracks, and lottery agencies use its annual handbook across the U.S., as well as dozens of libraries and regulatory agencies.
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