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Latest Press Releases
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In 2012, the national commercial casino industry saw its second-largest gross gaming revenues ever, according to a national economic impact study released today by the American Gaming Association (AGA).
05/06/2013 -
WASHINGTON –In recognition of National Volunteer Week, which runs April 21-27, commercial gaming companies nationwide are taking part in dozens of organized community service activities and the American Gaming Association released new research qua
04/22/2013 -
Washington – The American Gaming Association (AGA) today announced that respected Washington association professional Geoff Freeman has been appointed president and chief executive officer effective July 1, 2013.
04/17/2013
Latest Speeches and Testimony
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Good morning and thank you for the opportunity to speak here today. As the president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, it is my privilege to represent the commercial casino-entertainment industry on federal legislative and regulatory issues. It’s important to note that the AGA does not lobby or get involved in state issues except when we are invited to testify or appear before groups such as yours on behalf of the industry.
05/03/2012 -
Thank you Chair Bono Mack, Ranking Member Butterfield and the subcommittee members for the opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of the American Gaming Association (AGA). Allow me a brief introduction of our organization. The AGA represents the commercial casino-entertainment industry by addressing federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting its members, their employees and customers.
11/18/2011 -
Thank you Chair Bono Mack, Ranking Member Butterfield and the subcommittee members for the opportunity to provide testimony on behalf of the American Gaming Association (AGA). Allow me a brief introduction of our organization. The AGA represents the commercial casino-entertainment industry by addressing federal legislative and regulatory issues affecting its members, their employees and customers, including federal taxation, online poker, and travel and tourism matters.
10/24/2011
Latest Op-Eds
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The 2013 edition of State of the States: The AGA Survey of Casino Entertainment, which will be released this month, has good news for the commercial casino industry. On the strength of a third consecutive year with increased rates of growth, national gross gaming revenues for 2012 reached their second-highest level in history – behind only 2007, the last year before the recession hit. Add in the impacts of direct gaming tax revenues, casino employment and wages, and a growing gaming equipment manufacturing sector and one can see that both the present and the future of the U.S.
05/01/2013 -
Of the many things in our business that make me proud, chief among them is that we have the finest regulatory system of any industry in the nation. This is due, in part, to the collaborative role our companies play in forming this framework, which benefits not just them, but also regulators, customers and the industry from top to bottom.
04/01/2013 -
Earlier this year, we celebrated the 10th anniversary of one of the industry’s most important commitments: communicating and encouraging responsible gaming best practices among our employees and patrons. In January, the American Gaming Association (AGA) released a revised Code of Conduct for Responsible Gaming, reflecting the evolution of the gaming entertainment industry during the last decade. Responsible gaming is a key imperative in our business – one that we take very seriously.
03/05/2013
Latest Letters to the Editor
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04/04/2013
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Dear Editor:
Your recent article, “Gambling Addicts Seduced By Growing Casino Accessibility,” by Daniel Bortz, raises an important issue that our businesses take seriously. Indeed, the commercial casino industry believes even one problem gambler is too many, and it devotes significant resources toward promoting responsible play, teaching people the odds, and helping those with gambling problems to get the help they need.
04/02/2013 -
Dear Editor:
We commend the Courant for looking at a very important issue in the recent story, “More Casinos: More Problem Gamblers?” As writer Brian Dowling correctly points out, we in the gaming industry take this topic seriously, and we have long been committed to making responsible gaming an integral part of our business.
02/27/2013
