U.S. Commercial Casinos Win $3.4B In FebruaryRevenue Down Thanks To Lack Of Leap Year Day |
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Non-tribal casinos in the country won a combined $3.39 billion from gamblers in February, according to data compiled by the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ Center for Gaming Research.
The report included gaming revenue from 23 states. Thanks to February having one less day due to the 2016 leap year, casino win was down two percent year-over-year.
Gaming win fell in nearly every state, with the exceptions being Illinois (4.6 percent increase), Michigan (0.72 percent increase), New Jersey (0.32 percent increase), Ohio (0.83 percent increase) and Maryland (38 percent increase).
Maryland had such a dramatic year-over-year gain thanks to the $1.4 billion MGM National Harbor opening in December of last year.
Nevada, which had 28 percent of nationwide gaming revenue, had a 4.5 percent drop in February.
Commercial casinos nationwide won $3.38 billion in January, an increase of 3.5 percent year-over-year.
Last year, those casinos won $40.59 billion from gamblers, an increase of 1.1 percent compared to 2015. A report released earlier this month said that in 2015 (the most recent data available) tribal casinos in the U.S. won a combined $30.5 billion.
The entirety of the U.S. casino gambling industry generates gambling revenue of more than $70 billion annually.
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