According to a report put out by the American Gaming Association the commercial casino business in the United States, in 2010, employed 340,564 people and paid $7.59 billion in direct gaming taxes. Commercial casinos as a category include Tribal Casinos as well as privately held land-based casinos, river-based casinos and horse racing tracks which are now referred to in the industry as racetrack casinos. While the industry saw year-over-year revenue declines in 2008 and 2009, by 2010 it was recovering.

Today’s market size is the gross gaming revenue earned in the United States by all commercial casinos. By way of comparison, it is worth noting that total commercial casino revenues in 2008 equaled 67.2% of total lottery ticket sales by all government entities ($53.7 billion). Gaming is quite a big business…

Geographic reference: United States
Year: 2002, 2007 (peak year) and 2010
Market size: $28.07, $37.52 and $34.60 billion respectively
Source: “U.S. Commerical Casino Revenue Shows Slight Improvement in 2010,” Casino Journal, June 7, 2011, BNP Media, available online here.
Original source: American Gaming Association
Posted on September 19, 2011