Connecticut’s two tribal casinos have an estimated economic impact of $3.7 billion in the state, support 25,197 jobs, generate more than $1.2 billion in total wages and $828.6 million in taxes and direct payments, according to a report on tribal gambling’s economic impact nationally.
All figures are in 2014 dollars.
The report, released last week and available through a link on the American Gaming Association website, says tribal gambling had a total economic output in the U.S. of $96.6 billion, supported 635,320 jobs, $33.2 billion in wages, and $16 billion in tax revenues and direct payments from 490 facilities.
In the report, the impact is measured as output, which includes the value of sales; jobs are measured as full-time equivalents; wages as salaries, wages, bonuses, tips and benefits; and tax revenue and direct impact as agreed-upon gaming-related payments by tribes to federal, state and local governments.
Since the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988, tribal gaming has grown 300-fold, the report says, and generates more than 44 percent of all gambling revenue in the U.S.
