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This section includes 2009 economic impact data for the 13 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 8,821
Casino Employee Wages $244.05 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $734.59 million
Gaming Tax Revenue $101.53 million
How Taxes Spent Local communities, historic preservation, community colleges, 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 2,3631
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $564.24 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $227.55 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 43.1%
How Taxes Spent General fund
Legalization Date 1994
First Racino Opening Date 1995
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source:

Delaware Lottery, individual properties

1Employment data from 2008 was used for one property in Delaware that declined to participate in the data collection.


Florida  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current Number of Operating Racinos 4
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employeese 2,156
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $216.74 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $108.37 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, individual properties

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 7,083
Casino Employee Wages $326.92 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.429 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $495.61 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 14.49 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 15,857
Casino Employee Wages $560.17 million (includes benefits and tips)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $2.799 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $878.00 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 26.44 million

Sources: Casino Association of Indiana, Indiana 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 2
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employees 1,847
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $420.10 million
Distributions to State/Local Governments $115.27 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 54.7%
How Taxes Spent Property tax fund, horse racing industry, local government and French Lick Resort
Legalization Date 2007
First Racino Opening Date 2008
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

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 9,241
Casino Employee Wages $344.70 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.381 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $306.17 million
How Taxes Spent Infrastructure, schools and universities, the environment, tourism projects, cultural initiatives, general fund
Legalization Date July 1989
First Casino Opening Date April 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 22.59 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 2,586
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $435.62 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $101.13 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 76.8%
How Taxes Spent Infrastructure improvements, local government, general fund, schools and universities, the environment, tourism projects, cultural initiatives
Legalization Date 1994
First Racino Opening Date 1995
Mode of Legalization Local option vote, legislative action

Source: Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission


Kansas  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Casino Format Land-based (state-owned)
Current # of Operating Casinos 1
Casino Employees 278
Casino Employee Wages Data not available1
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.990 million
Gaming Tax Revenue $0.537 million
How Taxes Spent State debt reduction, infrastructure improvements, property tax relief, problem gambling treatment
Legalization Date April 2007
First Casino Opening Date December 2009
State Gaming Tax Rate 22% state tax; 3% local government tax; 2% tax to fund problem gambling treatment
Mode of Legalization Legislative action, local option vote
Visitor Volume Data not available

Sources:

Kansas Lottery

1The AGA was unable to obtain employee wage data for Kansas.


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 17,610
Casino Employee Wages $602.51 million
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $2.456 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $598.14 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 35.58 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 2,260
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $402.65 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $74.29 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 74.29%
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 303
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $59.20 million
Distributions to State/Local Govt $29.08 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 50.9%
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 8,122
Casino Employee Wages $452.83 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.339 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $320.01 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); State and municipal service fees also are levied annually
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 30
Gaming Format Dockside, land-based
Casino Employees 25,739
Casino Employee Wages $855.25 million (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $2.465 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $296.34 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 33.65 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 10,961
Casino Employee Wages $347.00 million (includes benefits and tips
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.730 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $469.09 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 25.83 million

Sources: Missouri Gaming Association, Missouri Gaming Commission


Nevada  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # Operating Casinos 260*
Gaming Format Land-based
Casino Employees 177,3971,2
Casino Employee Wages $7.989 billion (includes tips and benefits)1
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $10.393 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $831.75 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 49.45 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 FY09.

1FY 2009

2CityCenter opened in December of 2009 and was not included in FY 2009 employee figures.  It is estimated that the property's opening added approximately 12,000 jobs.


New Jersey  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 11
Gaming Format Land-based
Casino Employees 36,377
Casino Employee Wages $1.060 billion (includes tips but not benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $3.943 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $347.62 million
How Taxes Spent Senior citizens, programs for the 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); tax on casino complimentaries1
Mode of Legalization Statewide vote, legislative action
Visitor Volume 30.38 million

Sources:

New Jersey Casino Control Commission, South Jersey Transportation Authority

1New Jersey's tax on complimentary rooms, food, beverage and entertainment was phased out on June 30, 2009.


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 1,446
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $243.94 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $63.42 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, individual properties


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 3,180
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $1.019 billion
Distributions to State/Local Government $455.48 million
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 35.0%
How Taxes Spent Education
Legalization Date 2001
First Racino Opening Date 2004
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source: New York Racing and Wagering Board, New York Lottery


Oklahoma  Click, to go to top of page

Racetrack Casinos

Current # of Operating Racinos 2
Public/Private Arrangement Privately operated facilities with slot machines
Racino Employees 1,0972
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $94.13 million
Distributions to State/Local Governments $13.78 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 58.2%
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

1Employment numbers for Oklahoma racinos are based on the three properties that were open during 11 months of 2009. At the end of 2009, only two properties remained open.


Pennsylvania  Click, to go to top of page

Commercial Casinos

Current # of Operating Casinos 9
Casino Format 3 land-based, 6 racetrack casaino (slot machines only)
Casino Employees 9,126
Casino Employee Wages $233.23 million (includes tips and benefits)1
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $1.965 billion
Gaming Tax Revenue $929.04 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

1Pennsylvania wage data includes only eight of nine properties because one property declined to participate in the data collection.

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 5,799
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $1.579 billion
Distributions to State/Local Governments $742.69 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 1,3001
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $461.17 million
Distributions to State/Local Government $292.09 million (FY 2009)
Percentage of Revenue Retained by Operator 27.3%2
How Taxes Spent General fund
Legalization Date 1992
First Racino Opening Date 1992
Mode of Legalization Legislative action

Source:

Rhode Island Lottery, individual properties

12008 employment data was used for one property in Rhode Island that declined to participate in data collection this year.

2 FY 2009 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 1,765 (CY 2008)
Casino Employee Wages $43.10 million (CY 2008) (includes tips and benefits)
Gross Casino Gaming Revenue $101.90 million
Gaming Tax Revenue $15.98 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 three locations
Racino Employees 4,688
Gross Racino Gaming Revenue $905.59 million
Distributions to State/Local Governments $408.37 million
Revenue Retained by Operator 43.3%
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, individual properties


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