U.S. casinos won $66.5B in 2023, their best year ever as gamblers showed no economic fear

 By Wayne Parry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP)- America’s commercial casinos won $66.5 billion from gamblers in 2023, the industry’s best year ever, according to figures released by its national trade association Tuesday. The American Gaming Association said that total was 10% higher than in 2022, which itself was a record-setting year. When revenue figures from tribal-owned casinos are released separately later this year, they are expected to show that overall casino gambling brought in close to $110 billion to U.S. casino operators in 2023. That all happened in a year in which inflation, while receding, still kept things like grocery and energy costs higher than they had been. “From the traditional casino experience to online options, American adults’ demand for gaming is at an all-time high,” said…

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