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This section includes 2008 economic impact data for the 12 states with commercial casinos and the 12 states with racetrack casinos. To view statistics from more than one state at a time, hold the ctrl button on your keyboard while you select states from the menu.





Colorado  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 40
Gaming Format Land-based
Casino Employees 9,073
Casino Employee Wages $238.95 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $715.88 million
Gaming Tax Revenue $88.43 million
How Taxes Spent Local communities, historic preservation, general fund
Legalization Date November 1990
First Casino Opening Date October 1991
State Gaming Tax Rate Graduated tax rate with a maximum tax of 20% on gaming revenue
Mode of Legalization Statewide vote, legislative action
Admissions Data not available

Sources: Colorado Gaming Association, Colorado Division of Gaming


Delaware  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 3
Public/Private Arrangement Publicly run video lottery terminals with distributions to operators
Racino Employees 2,582
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $586.92 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $210.55 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 48%
How Taxes Spent General fund
Legalization Date 1994
First Racino Opening Date 1995
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source: Delaware Lottery


Florida  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current Number of Operating Racinos 3
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employeese 2,201
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $228.86 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $114.43 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 50%1
How Taxes Spent Statewide education
Legalization Date 2006
First Racino Opening Date 2006
Mode of Legalization Statewide referendum, local option vote, legislative action

Source:

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation

1This figure only represents what operators retain after state taxes are collected.  It does not take into account what operators allocate to horse and dog breeders' funds, local authorities and public gambling awareness.  Thus, the percentage of revenue retained by operators is actually significantly lower than this 50 percent figure.


Illinois  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 9
Gaming Format Riverboat
Casino Employees 7,711
Casino Employee Wages $326.92 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.569 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $566.84 million
How Taxes Spent Education assistance, local government
Legalization Date February 1990
First Casino Opening Date September 1991
State Gaming Tax Rate Graduated tax rate from 15% to 50% of gross gaming revenue, $2-3 per patron admissions tax
Mode of Legalization Legislative action
Admissions 14.64 million

Sources: Illinois Casino Gaming Association, Illinois Gaming Board


Indiana  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 13
Gaming Format 10 riverboats, 1 land-based, 2 racetrack casinos
Casino Employees 16,040
Casino Employee Wages $616.99 million (includes benefits and tips)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $2.668 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $838.19 million
How Taxes Spent Economic development, local government
Legalization Date November 1993
First Casino Opening Date December 1995
State Gaming Tax Rate Graduated tax rate from 15% to 40% of gross gaming revenue, $3 per patron admissions tax
Mode of Legalization Legislative action, local option vote
Admissions 25.45 million
Development Agreement Payments to Local Governments $105.7 million

Sources: Casino Association of Indiana, Indiana Gaming Commission


Iowa  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 17
Gaming Format 7 riverboats, 7 land-based, 3 racetrack casinos
Casino Employees 9,946
Casino Employee Wages $336.02 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.420 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $323.96 million
How Taxes Spent Infrastructure, schools and universities, the environment, tourism projects, cultural initiatives, general fund
Legalization Date July 1989
First Casino Opening Date September 1991
State Gaming Tax Rate Graduated tax rate with a maximum of up to 22% on gross gaming revenue at riverboats and land-based casinos and up to 24% at racetracks with slots and table games with over $100 million in revenues
Mode of Legalization Local option vote, legislative action
Admissions 22.87 million

Sources: Iowa Gaming Association, Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission

Note: For Indiana, Iowa, Lousiana and Pennsylvania, where gaming operations include both commercial casinos and racetrack casinos, statistics for both types of facilities are included in overall commercial casino figures for the state.

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 3
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines and table games
Racino Employees 2,668
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $466.93 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $108.47 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 76.8%
How Taxes Spent Infrastructure improvements, local government, general fund, schools and universities, the environment, tourism
Legalization Date 1994
First Racino Opening Date 1995
Mode of Legalization Local option vote, legislative action

Source: Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission


Louisiana  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 18
Gaming Format 13 riverboats, 1 land-based, 4 racetrack casinos
Casino Employees 17,268
Casino Employee Wages $643.09 million
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $2.584 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $626.25 million
How Taxes Spent General fund, city of New Orleans, public retirement systems, state capital improvements, rainy day fund
Legalization Date July 1991
First Casino Opening Date October 1993
State Gaming Tax Rate Riverboat casinos: 21.5%1
Land-based casino: $60 million annual tax or 21.5% of gross gaming revenue, whichever is greater
Racetrack casinos: 18.5% tax on gross gaming revenue, 18% of net revenue paid to horsemen, 4% of the above net revenue then paid to local parish
Mode of Legalization Local option vote, legislative action
Admissions 35.32 million

Sources: Louisiana Casino Association, Louisiana Gaming Control Board

1Riverboat casinos pay an additional 4% to 6% to local governing authorities under the terms of “local boarding fee” agreements.

Note: For Indiana, Iowa, Lousiana and Pennsylvania, where gaming operations include both commercial casinos and racetrack casinos, statistics for both types of facilities are included in overall commercial casino figures for the state.

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 4
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employees 2,268
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $395.40 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $72.95 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 63.6%
How Taxes Spent General fund, local parishes
Legalization Date 1994
First Racino Opening Date 1994
Mode of Legalization Local option vote, legislative action

Source: Louisiana Gaming Control Board, individual properties


Maine  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 1
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facility with slot machines
Racino Employees 324
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $50.52 million
Distributions to State/Local Govt $25.04 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 50.4%
How Taxes Spent Education, health care, agriculture, gambling control board administration and city of Bangor
Legalization Date 2004
First Racino Opening Date 2005
Mode of Legalization Local option vote, legislative action

Source: Maine Gambling Control Board, Penn National Gaming, Inc.


Michigan  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 3
Gaming Format Land-based
Casino Employees 8,568
Casino Employee Wages $481.11 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.360 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $321.63 million
How Taxes Spent Public safety, capital improvements, youth programs, tax relief, neighborhood development and improvement, infrastructure repair and improvement
Legalization Date December 1996
First Casino Opening Date July 1999
State Gaming Tax Rate For permanent facilities: 19% on gross gaming revenue (10.9% to city of Detroit, 8.1% to state of Michigan); For temporary facilities: 24% tax on gross gaming revenue (11.9% to city of Detroit, 12.1% to state of Michigan)
Mode of Legalization Local advisory vote, statewide voter referendum, legislative action
Admissions Data not available

Source: Michigan Gaming Control Board, individual properties


Mississippi  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Commercial Casinos 29
Gaming Format Dockside, land-based
Casino Employees 28,740
Casino Employee Wages $954.71 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $2.721 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $326.89 million
How Taxes Spent Housing, education, transportation, health care services, youth counseling programs, local public safety programs
Legalization Date June 1990
First Casino Opening Date August 1992
State Gaming Tax Rate Graduated tax of 8% on gaming revenues; up to 4% additional tax on gaming revenues may be imposed by local governments
Mode of Legalization Legislative action, local option vote
Admissions 36.49 million

Source: Mississippi Casino Operators Association, Mississippi Gaming Commission


Missouri  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 12
Gaming Format Riverboat
Casino Employees 11,6581
Casino Employee Wages $360.30 million (includes benefits and tips)1
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.682 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $442.79 million
How Taxes Spent Education, local public safety programs, disordered gambling treatment, veterans' programs, early childhood programs
Legalization Date August 1993
First Casino Opening Date May 1994
State Gaming Tax Rate 21% tax on gross gaming revenue; $2 per patron admission fee, per excursion, split between home dock community and the state
Mode of Legalization Statewide vote, local option vote, legislative action
Admissions 51.93 million

Sources:

Missouri Gaming Association, Missouri Gaming Commission

1 FY 2008


Nevada  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # Operating Casinos 266*
Gaming Format Land-based
Casino Employees 202,2161
Casino Employee Wages $8.687 billion (includes tips and benefits)1
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $11.599 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $924.49 million
How Taxes Spent Education, local governments, general fund, problem gambling programs
Legalization Date 1931
First Casino Opening Date 1931
State Gaming Tax Rate Graduated tax rate with a maximum tax of 6.75% on gross gaming revenue; additional fees and levies may be imposed by counties, municipalities and the state adding approximately 1% to the tax burden
Mode of Legalization Legislative action
Visitor Volume 51.59 million

Sources: Nevada Gaming Control Board, Nevada Commission on Tourism

*Statistics include only locations with gross casino gaming revenue of at least $1 million for FY08.

1 FY 2008


New Jersey  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 11
Gaming Format Land-based
Casino Employees 38,585
Casino Employee Wages $1.163 billion (includes tips but not benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $4.503 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $426.82 million
How Taxes Spent Senior citizens, disabled, economic revitalization programs
Legalization Date 1976
First Casino Opening Date 1978
State Gaming Tax Rate 8% tax on gross gaming revenue, plus a community investment alternative obligation of 1.25% of gross gaming revenue (or an investment alternative 2.5% on gross gaming revenue); 4.25% tax on casino complimentaries (tax on complimentaries will be fully phased out on June 30, 2009)
Mode of Legalization Statewide vote, legislative action
Visitor Volume 34.53 million

Sources: New Jersey Casino Control Commission, South Jersey Transportation Authority


New Mexico  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 5
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employees 1,605
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $258.08 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $67.10 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 54%
How Taxes Spent General fund, problem gambling treatment
Legalization Date 1997
First Racino Opening Date 1999
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source: New Mexico Gaming Control Board


New York  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 8
Public/Private Arrangement Publicly run video lottery terminals with distributions to operators
Racino Employees 3,413
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $947.28 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $446.28 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 42.9%
How Taxes Spent Education
Legalization Date 2001
First Racino Opening Date 2004
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source: New York Racing and Wagering Board


Oklahoma  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 3
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employees 1,050
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $92.48 million
Distributions to State/Local Governments $13.33 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 58%
How Taxes Spent Education
Legalization Date 2004
First Racino Opening Date 2005
Mode of Legalization Statewide question on ballot

Source: Oklahoma Horse Racing Commission, State of Oklahoma - Office of the State Auditor and Inspector


Pennsylvania  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 7
Casino Format 1 land-based, 6 racetrack casaino (slot machines only)
Casino Employees 5,869
Casino Employee Wages $211.47 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.616 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $766.58 million
How Taxes Spent Property tax relief, economic development, tourism, horse racing industry, host local governments
Legalization Date July 2004
First Casino Opening Date October 2007
State Gaming Tax Rate 34% to state gaming fund; 12% to horse racing industry; 5% to economic development; 4% to local and county governments
Mode of Legalization Legislative action
Admissions Data not available

Sources:

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, individual properties

Note: For Indiana, Iowa, Lousiana and Pennsylvania, where gaming operations include both commercial casinos and racetrack casinos, statistics for both types of facilities are included in overall commercial casino figures for the state.

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 6
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employees 4,948
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $1.597 billion
Distributions to State/Local Governments $752.42 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 45%
How Taxes Spent Property tax relief, economic development, tourism, horse racing industry, host local government
Legalization Date 2004
First Racino Opening Date 2006
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, individual properties


Rhode Island  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 2
Public/Private Arrangement Publicly run video lottery terminals with distributions to operators
Racino Employees 1,310
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $407.50 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $302.70 million (FY 2008)
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 27.3%
How Taxes Spent General fund
Legalization Date 1992
First Racino Opening Date 1992
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source:

Rhode Island Lottery

1 FY 2008 data was used to calculate revenue retained by operator.


South Dakota  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 35
Gaming Format Land-based (limited-stakes; $100 maximum bet)
Casino Employees 1,640 (CY 2007)
Casino Employee Wages $40.04 million (CY 2007) (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $102.26 million
Gaming Tax Revenue $15.37 million
How Taxes Spent 40% Department of Tourism, 10% Lawrence County, 50% commission fund
Legalization Date November 1989
First Casino Opening Date November 1989
State Gaming Tax Rate 8% tax on gross gaming revenue; gaming device tax of $2,000 per machine per year
Mode of Legalization Statewide vote, local option vote, legislative action
Admissions Data not available

Source: South Dakota Gaming Commission, Labor Market Information Center, South Dakota Department of Labor


West Virginia  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 4
Public/Private Arrangement Publicly run video lottery terminals with distributions to operators; table games in two locations
Racino Employees 5,270
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $951.21 million
Distributions to State/Local Governments $430.24 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 44.6%
How Taxes Spent Education, senior citizens, tourism
Legalization Date 1994
First Racino Opening Date 1994
Mode of Legalization Local option vote, legislative action

Source: West Virginia Lottery


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