\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSports betting, which is legal in almost 40 states, won an all-time best $10.92 billion from online and in-person bettors. Oddsmakers saw their win surge almost 45% from 2022 on a record handle of nearly $120 billion. Handle refers to the amount wagered.<\/p>\n
iGaming, which is legal in just six states, including Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, took more than $6.17 billion from remote players. The online slot and table game win was also a new high.<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Las Vegas Strip led the top casino markets in 2023, with GGR climbing more than 7% to $8.83 billion. Atlantic City was a distant second at $2.85 billion, a smaller 2.5% year-over-year increase. Chicagoland, inclusive of casinos in and around the Windy City and Northwest Indiana, was third at $2.19 billion.<\/p>\n
Ups and Downs<\/b><\/h2>\n Sports betting and the half-dozen iGaming states largely saw revenue from such gaming verticals increase, with many reporting record highs in terms of gross income. Governments were also big winners in 2023, as commercial gaming revenue generated a record $14.4 billion in state and local gaming taxes.<\/p>\n
\nGaming’s success translates directly to the success of the states, cities, and towns in which we operate,”<\/strong> Miller added. “We are proud to be in 47 U.S. jurisdictions, acting as economic drivers, creating jobs, and providing the funding that makes critical public education programs, infrastructure projects, problem gambling resources, and more possible.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nOf the 25 states that have commercial casinos\/racinos, 17 saw legacy play increase from 2022.<\/p>\n
The remaining eight experienced year-over-year in-person slot and table declines<\/a>. Those states were Indiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Michigan, Louisiana, West Virginia, and Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US commercial gaming hit a new annual revenue record of $66.5 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":311445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,19],"tags":[82314,85276,82124,85044,81871,80968],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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