{"id":13896,"date":"2024-02-21T10:08:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=13896"},"modified":"2024-02-21T14:10:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T14:10:08","slug":"us-commercial-gaming-marks-third-record-revenue-year-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/us-commercial-gaming-marks-third-record-revenue-year-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Gaming Marks Third Record Revenue Year in 2023 with $66.5bn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/united-states-gambling-revenue.jpg\" alt=\"United States Gambling Revenue\" title=\"U.S. Commercial Gaming Marks Third Record Revenue Year in 2023 with $66.5bn\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12823\" \/><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The American Gaming Association&#8217;s Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker has announced 2023 as the third year with record revenue.<\/li>\n<li>The $66.5 billion total went over 2022&#8217;s high of $60.5 billion by 10%.<\/li>\n<li>The industry is supporting state and local gaming taxes with an all-time high of $14.4 billion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>According to the <strong>American Gaming Association<\/strong>&#8216;s (AGA) Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\">US commercial gaming<\/a> revenue in 2023 managed to reach an annual record of $66.5 billion in 2023. <\/p>\n<p>The figure <strong>surpassed the previous year\u2019s high of $60.5 billion by 10%<\/strong> and marked the third record revenue year in a row for the industry.<\/p>\n<h2>December 2023, the Highest-Grossing Month in History<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americangaming.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/CY-2024_CGRT_v2.pdf\">Q4 2023 report<\/a> recorded an <strong>all-time high revenue per quarter at $17.4 billion<\/strong>. The amount was anchored by December\u2019s $6.2 billion in revenue, which also represented the highest-grossing month in the industry\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>AGA\u2019s president and chief executive officer, <strong>Bill Miller<\/strong>, commented on American adults\u2019 increasing appetite for traditional casino experiences and online gaming options which reached an all-time high last year. <\/p>\n<p>This was visible through the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/legal-us-online-casino-sites\">online casino<\/a> sector\u2019s YoY revenue growth of 22.9% to $6.2 billion<\/strong> in the six US states where iGaming has been legalized, and the land casino slots and table games 3.3% increase over 2023 to $49.4 billion. <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>27.8% record increase in the sports betting handle at $119.8 billion<\/strong> and the 44.5% record rise in sportsbook revenue at $10.9 billion were mostly supported by the ongoing maturation across most current markets and the arrival of fresh markets, with special emphasis on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/states\/ohio\">Ohio<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/states\/massachusetts\">Massachusetts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Fueling the Coffers with $14.4 Billion in Direct Gaming Revenue Taxes<\/h2>\n<p>The commercial gaming industry\u2019s results helped state and local governments&#8217; coffers get filled with around $14.4 billion in direct gaming revenue taxes in 2023, marking a 9.7% increase on a YoY basis. <\/p>\n<p>Every year, the same industry also brings billions of extra tax dollars shaped as payrolls, income, sales, income, sales, and other types of corporate taxes. <\/p>\n<p>Additional remarks on the full-year 2023 commercial gaming revenue figures were made during AGA\u2019s yearly State of the Industry webinar on February 20. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: The American Gaming Association&#8217;s Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker has announced 2023 as the third year with record revenue. The $66.5 billion total went over 2022&#8217;s high of $60.5 billion by 10%. The industry is supporting state and local gaming taxes with an all-time high of $14.4 billion. 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