Struggling to cope with reduced consumer spending and shrinking travel and leisure budgets as a result of the recession, gross gaming revenues from the US commercial casino industry declined for the second successive year to US$30.7bn in 2009, according to latest statistics from the American Gaming Association.
Nationwide revenues have fallen to $30.7bn from a high of $34.1bn in 2007, but continue to be an important generator of tax revenues, providing nearly a third of a [...]
