“Casinos are often the largest employers in a region, with major commitments in terms of wages and benefits,” she said. Jane Bokunewicz, director of the Lloyd Levenson Institute at New Jersey’s Stockton University, which studies the Atlantic City gambling industry, said money won by casinos is just part of their overall contribution to the nation’s economy. “Despite some economic headwinds, casinos remain powerful drivers of economic activity.” “I think it speaks to the continuing popularity of casino gambling in the United States,” said David Schwartz, a gambling historian at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
It is on a pace to exceed the $60 billion it won from gamblers last year. casino industry is having its best year ever this year in terms of the amount of money won from gamblers.