Gambling industry in the USA books record sales

The United States has always been the land of superlative. Now it has also left a big but positive bang in the gambling industry. Current figures show that sales of $ 53 billion was recorded in 2021. The old record brand from 2019 was thus exceeded. A remarkable amount if it is considered that Corona also raged in the United States last year.

The market was completely restructured only a few years ago. Sports bets and that Online game have been legalized in more and more US states. These two sectors literally exploded and made up a large part of the climb. But the terrestrial game also rose in sales. US gambling association American Gaming Association (AGA) expects another increase in the coming years.

Previous record cracked

Due to the Corona crisis, even the boldest optimists had not expected such numbers. But the gambling industry celebrated its most successful year in the United States in 2021 and output the previous record year 2019 by 20 percent. In 2020, the pandemic in the United States still left big traces. Numerous casinos had to close and employees landed on the street.

Compared to 2020, there was now an increase in sales of 76.7 percent. “These numbers are indeed remarkable,” says AGA President and CEO Bill Miller. According to Miller, the numbers reflect on security and health, but also show how much the Americans welcome the expansion of the market for gambling. The industry reaches their target group through terrestrial or mobile offers.

Big profit in the field of sports betting

In comparison between the different offers at games, the sports betting sector particularly concluded. This exceeded the previous year’s sales by 177 percent. However, the area of online gaming also showed above-average figures with an increase in sales of 139 percent. Both areas had income of eight billion dollars.

The Super Bowl shows how much major events can boom in the USA. According to the gambling association, legal providers are said to have achieved sales of around $ 7.6 billion in the game between the Rams and Bengals. The sports betting market, which was recently open in New York, had betting assumptions of two billion dollars within 30 days. In 2019, the proportion of sports betting and online gaming was still around one percent. He now occupies 15 percent of the industry cake. But even at table games, an increase of 1.1 percent and slot machines by ten percent could be recorded compared to the old record year 2019.

Good prospects for the future

The gambling association assumes that the increase in sales will continue. The legalization of sports betting and online gaming in particular has a large part in the success. For 140 million Americans, it is now possible to use these services. In addition, the offer in the terrestrial venues was expanded and modernized.

The AGA would also like to work for the player protection and point out the dangers of non -licensed providers. In this context, the AGA demands that the state are more and more against illegal games. Furthermore, numerous Machine Stand in some states without a license and endanger younger players. In addition to the lack of player protection, the state thus misses high tax revenue. Therefore, it must be possible to push back this market and to concentrate the offer on the legal market alone.