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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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From my days growing up in Reno to seeing the specter that is Macau today, I can safely say I have had a front row seat to the growth and maturity of the casino gaming business. I’ve worked with most of the giants of the industry and have and continue to call most of them friends. So, it has been especially gratifying that for the last 18 years I have had the privilege to help safeguard and advocate for commercial casinos in Washington and across the country, and it has been an honor to represent the interests of the men and women of this industry.
06/03/2013 -
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
Latest Letters to the Editor
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Dear Editor:
In your June 1 story, “For Maryland’s gambling addicts, new casinos amplify the ‘siren call’,” writer J. Freedom du Lac misses an opportunity to truly inform readers on the important issue of gambling addiction and instead cites outdated and inaccurate studies, uses out-of-date terminology, and conflates issues of pathological and problem gambling.
06/05/2013 -
Dear Editor:
The answer to the question posed by Edward McClelland’s May 14 editorial “Opinion: Are Casinos "City Ruiners"?” is a resounding “no.” But McClelland unfortunately squanders an opportunity to tell the U.S. commercial casino industry’s true success story and misleads readers in the process. The facts show that our sector has a positive impact across society, bringing new and multi-faceted entertainment options to cities while creating good jobs and opportunities for businesses.
05/21/2013 -
04/04/2013
