USA Market Report
3. California Authorised Gambling
Commercial Casinos Tribal Casinos
GGR Tribal Casinos Slots in Casinos
Tribal casinos, card rooms, lottery 0
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$40.9bn 87,435
Tere are no commercial casinos in California but there are 66 tribal casinos and 60 plus card rooms plus racetracks and lottery. Te California Gambling Control Commission governs the tribal gaming operations in the state. Some 64 tribes operate casinos across 30 counties and include large scale venues such as Pechanga Resort and Casino and Tunder Valley Casino. Tribal gaming revenue for FY2022 amounted to $40.9bn. A 2012 compact varies the number of Class III slots allowed per casino with some tribes able to operate more than the 2,000 it was previously limited to. Wheel or dice games such as roulette or craps however are prohibited. Tribal operators have exclusivity on Class III gaming and gaming tables and there is a long standing battle with player-banked card rooms (poker) over the legality of how these card rooms operate as many have found loopholes to offer most casino table games. California remains one of 12 states where sports betting is illegal. Te state is home to 16 major league sports teams and is also the biggest untapped sports betting market. Two main proposals put forward to the state in 2022 – Prop 26 and Prop 27 – were rejected. Proposition 26 would have allowed tribal casinos and the state’s four major racetracks offering in- person sports betting and at the same time there was a provision to enable operators to file civil cases against card rooms for illegal gambling.
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Prop 27 would have allowed online and mobile sports betting outside of native lands offered by licensed tribes and gaming/online companies. It is suggested that Californians were making $15.7bn in illegal sports bets placed via friends, bookies or offshore sites, which if legalised, could generate around $500m annually for the state. In May 2023 a moratorium was reinstated banning any new card rooms to be opened for the next 20 years although those with less than 20 tables can increase the number by two tables in the first year and up to two additional tables every four years thereafter.
4. Colorado
Commercial Casinos Commercial GGR Tribal Casinos
Slots in ALL Casinos GGR Sports Betting
Authorised Gambling Commercial casinos, tribal casinos, retail sports betting, online sports betting, lottery. 33
$1.48bn 2
11.975 $391.9m
Colorado has 33 casino gaming facilities in three towns – 15 in Black Hawk, six in Central City and 12 in Cripple Creek. Tese were approved during a statewide referendum in 1990 and the state began with 11 casinos whilst the highest number of 76 was recorded in 1992. Te casinos can operate slots, sports betting and table games. A state law in 2019 also permits the casinos to offer online sports betting. By the end of 2023 there were 20 online sports betting plat- forms available and 12 retail sports betting oper- ators.
Te total casino gaming revenue for the state in 2023 was $1.48bn, up 4.8 per cent on the previous year ($1.28bn). Tis was divided between $924.9m from slots and $163.3m from table gaming. Sports betting revenue amounted to $391.9m. Despite the fact several online sportsbooks with- drew from the market in 2023 the online revenue accounts for almost all of the sports betting revenue with the retail sector generating $1.7m. Colorado’s gaming sector is regulated by the Col- orado Division of Gaming and supported by the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission.
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