\nWhile it remains to be seen if we’ll match last year’s all-time high, it’s clear that Americans are continuing to make gaming a first-choice entertainment option,”<\/strong> Miller said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\niGaming and sports betting are playing critical roles in the ever-growing GGR numbers. Regulated sportsbooks won $957.1 million from bettors during the first two months of 2022. iGaming GGR totaled nearly $773 million.<\/p>\n
The combined win of approximately $1.73 billion from sports betting and iGaming eclipses the $1.48 billion land-based table games generated for the house.<\/p>\n
Quickly Things Can Change<\/b><\/h2>\n
The previous best January and February for US commercial casinos came in 2020. GGR during those two months totaled $7.49 billion.<\/p>\n
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But just after February’s numbers were tallied and reported that year, the coronavirus invaded the US, and the severity of the disease was realized. Some two weeks after the record GGR action was reported, every commercial casino was shuttered to slow the spread of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The pandemic resulted in commercial casinos losing 45,600 operating days in 2020. Total GGR for the year totaled $30 billion — a disappointing finish after a prosperous start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
COVID-19 brought the commercial gaming industry to a standstill in 2020. But two years later, casinos are experiencing unprecedented play. Today, the American Gaming Association (AGA) reported gaming revenue generated by non-tribal casinos for January and February 2022. The trade group says gross gaming revenue (GGR) is off to a record pace through two months […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":208226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18943],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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