Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at New Jersey’s Stockton University, said pent-up demand among pandemic-weary customers played a big role in the industry’s resurgence as restrictions were lifted.

casinos have won nearly $39 billion, surpassing the total for all of 2020, and exceeding the total for the first three quarters of 2019 by 18 percent. For the first three quarters of this year, U.S. The nation’s non-Native American casinos won $13.89 billion in July, August and September of this year. “Our recovery is not a flash in the pan, but rather a sustained result of our leadership in responsible reopening, world-class entertainment offerings and widespread favorability.”

“Two straight quarters of record gaming revenue is an incredible accomplishment in any context, let alone after the most challenging year in industry history,” he said in a statement. Bill Miller, the association’s president and CEO, noted that the second quarter of this year also broke records.

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