Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, and New Jersey are just a few of the states reporting record GGR this year.<\/p>\n
\nCommercial gaming revenue has rebounded from its worst year since 2003 to its best year ever,”<\/strong> declared AGA President and CEO Bill Miller.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nPrior to 2021, the AGA explains that no month had ever eclipsed the $4 billion mark in monthly commercial gaming revenue. In 2021, monthly GGR has topped $4 billion in eight consecutive months. In November, the total commercial GGR nationwide was $4.75 billion.<\/p>\n
iGaming, Sports Betting Responsible<\/b><\/h2>\n
There’s little argument against the claim that online gambling and sports betting is responsible for the record commercial GGR being experienced in the US.<\/p>\n
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Oddsmakers have kept $3.16 billion of the bets they’ve accepted January through October. Legal iGaming, which is only available in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, and Delaware, has generated GGR of $2.98 billion. Nevada has legal online poker, but no interactive slots and table games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Sports betting only became a states’ right in May 2018, after the Supreme Court said the federal ban that limited such gambling to Nevada was unconstitutional. iGaming is also still in its infancy.<\/p>\n
Despite the expanding gaming options, brick-and-mortar slots and tables are faring well. January through October GGR from retail slots and tables totaled more than $34.2 billion. That’s 43 percent better than 2020. The AGA says October brick-and-mortar revenue also outpaced pre-pandemic October 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Casinos in the United States had a most difficult 2020. But the downturn caused by the pandemic didn’t last long, as 2021 is their best year on record. The American Gaming Association (AGA) revealed today that commercial casinos have generated record gaming revenue in 2021. January through October, gross gaming revenue (GGR) from traditional casino […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":194775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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