It is on a pace to exceed the $60 billion it won from gamblers last year. casino industry is having its best year ever this year in terms of the amount of money won from gamblers. Miller said the association will use numbers from the survey to press its case to lawmakers in favor of gambling industry goals, including a government crackdown on unlicensed gambling operations. “Today, we're seeing record revenue in the industry.”

“Think back to where we were a few years ago with nearly 1,000 casinos, almost all of them closed,” he said. The report was the first such study released by the association since 2018, which presented 2017 data.īill Miller, president and CEO of the association, said the numbers show the casino industry's “resiliency and continued strength” since the pandemic first hit. The industry paid $52.7 billion last year in taxes to federal, state and local governments, up 29% since 2017, the report said.