AGA CEO Geoff Freeman<\/a> officially departed the gaming group on August 1 for the chief executive role with the Grocery Manufacturers Association. A search for his replacement is ongoing.<\/p>\nRevenue Records<\/b><\/h2>\n
The “State of the States” review determined that 11 states \u2013 Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island \u2013 all posted record GGR.\u00a0The report credits new casinos in Maryland and New York for aiding those states in reaching new highs. <\/span><\/p>\n\n
The AGA celebrated legislation that continues to expand the gaming industry.\u00a0<\/span>“Pennsylvania enacted one of the broadest gaming expansions in recent memory, authorizing internet gaming, new satellite casino properties, and sports betting,” the study detailed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe economic impact of the commercial gaming industry employed more than 361,000 workers last year, with wages and benefits totaling $17 billion.<\/p>\n
Tragedy and Victory<\/b><\/h2>\n
2017 was an extremely hectic and newsworthy year for the gaming industry. Along with widespread expansion of betting activities across the country, the October 1 mass shooting rocked not only Las Vegas, but the entire world.<\/p>\n
The American Gaming Association says the response to the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history spoke to Las Vegas and the gaming industry as a whole’s resiliency.<\/p>\n
\n“The city [Las Vegas] emerged from the tragedy stronger than ever before,” the AGA declared. “As Las Vegans bound together in the shooting’s wake, they helped spawn the ‘Vegas Strong’ movement, the viral hashtag which ultimately defined the city’s recovery and resilience.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nAs for policy issues, no topic was more monumental than that of sports betting. The AGA was instrumental in lobbying the Supreme Court to accept New Jersey’s appeal that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act<\/a> (PASPA) violated the US Constitution. The court heard the case in December, and overturned the prohibition in May 2018.<\/p>\nThe AGA\u00a0formed the American Sports Betting Coalition in June 2017, and submitted a 26-page “brief” on PASPA to the Supreme Court ahead of the hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The American Gaming Association (AGA) reports in its annual review of the US gaming industry that commercial casinos won a massive $40.28 billion in 2017. That’s a 3.4 percent increase on 2016, and marks the first time the industry has surpassed the $40 billion mark. “State of the States: The AGA Survey of the Commercial […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":86508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10,18,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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