The AGA says skill gaming host venues and the terminals’ manufacturers and route distributors split nearly $27 billion in profits last year. The AGA estimates that there are currently more than 580,650 unlicensed, unregulated, and untaxed skill gaming machines operating across the US.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe AGA is calling on federal and state lawmakers to work with the legal gaming industry to enact laws to curb such unregulated gambling.<\/p>\n
“All stakeholders — policymakers, law enforcement, regulators, legal businesses — must work together to root out the illegal and unregulated gambling market. This is a fight we’re in for the long haul to protect consumers, support communities, and defend the law-abiding members of our industry,” Miller concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The US gaming industry, led by its preeminent lobbying arm, the American Gaming Association (AGA), says more than half of a trillion dollars is gambled illegally each year. In a new report titled, “Sizing the Illegal and Unregulated Gaming Markets in the United States,” the AGA concludes that US residents gamble an estimated $511 billion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":245763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,18943],"tags":[82364,82314,82365,82474,83943],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
US Gaming Industry Says Americans Gamble Over Half-Trillion Illegally<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n