Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report | Part of Casino City's Gaming Analyst Package
2012 Edition, 202 Pages
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- In the wake of the Great Recession, Indian gaming showed signs of recovery.
- After coming off of its first-ever decline in gaming revenue in 2009 (1%), Indian gaming grew 1.3% in 2010.
- Gaming revenue at Indian gaming facilities nationwide was approximately $26.7 billion in 2010.
- Indian gaming outperformed the commercial casinos segment and the card room segment, which declined 0.1% and 2%, respectively, in 2010. However, the racinos segment outgrew Indian gaming with 5% growth in 2010.
- Indian gaming generated approximately 44% of all U.S. casino gaming revenue in 2010, only slightly less than the 45% share contributed by the commercial casinos segment.
- While Indian gaming revenue grew slightly on a nationwide basis, the performance of Indian gaming varied widely across states, tribes, and gaming facilities.
- The top 2 states generated 38% of total gaming revenue at Indian gaming facilities; the top 5 states generated 61%.
- Indian gaming grew in 19 of 28 states.
- Approximately 49% of Indian gaming facilities experienced growth in gaming revenue in 2010; the other 51% experienced a decline.
- The top 30% of revenue-generating Indian gaming facilities accounted for 85% of total gaming revenue; the bottom 35% of Indian gaming facilities accounted for only 2% of total gaming revenue.
- Indian gaming continued to make significant contributions to the U.S. economy in terms of output, jobs, wages, tax revenue, and payments to federal, state, and local governments.
The report is authored by Dr. Alan Meister, an economist with Nathan Associates Inc. Dr. Meister specializes in the application of economic analysis to legal and regulatory proceedings, public policy matters, and strategic business issues. His areas of expertise include gaming industry analysis, Indian gaming, public policy analysis, damage analysis, antitrust and regulation, and statistics. Dr. Meister has received national recognition for his annual studies on Indian gaming. His work is regularly cited by the press and relied upon by the gaming industry, governments, and the investment community. Dr. Meister's research and analyses have also been relied upon before the United States Supreme Court and a panel of the World Trade Organization, and he has been commissioned by the National Indian Gaming Commission to analyze the effects of proposed regulatory policy changes. Furthermore, he has written extensively on the subject and presented his work at various academic, professional, and industry conferences and has testified before the California State Senate regarding Indian gaming issues.
Covers the Indian Gaming Segment of the U.S. Gaming Industry with the Latest Nationwide and State Facts & Figures:
- Size of the segment: number of gaming tribes, gaming facilities, gaming machines, and table games; gaming and non-gaming revenue
- Performance metrics: growth; measures of concentration; contributions of states to nationwide performance
- Historical and trend analyses
- State-by-state market summaries
- Comparisons of Class II to Class III gaming
- Comparisons to other segments of the gaming industry: commercial casinos, racinos, and card rooms
- Contribution of Indian gaming to the U.S. economy: sales, jobs, wages, taxes, and revenue sharing payments to non-tribal governments
- Future outlook for Indian gaming
Indian Gaming Industry Report
The Indian Gaming Industry Report provides current, unique, cutting-edge research on the Indian gaming industry appropriate for Native American tribes, gaming companies, casino vendors, investors, regulators, federal/state/local governments, gaming analysts, industry consultants, attorneys, lobbyists, public and government affairs consultants, academics, and any individuals interested in the state of Indian gaming. The report is succinct yet thorough in its analysis and information on the state of Indian gaming today. It examines the size and incredible growth of the market and its economic and fiscal contributions to the U.S. economy.The Report provides calendar year 2010 nationwide and state statistics (the latter not available anywhere else) including: gaming and non-gaming revenue; Class II vs. Class III gaming; number of facilities, tribes, gaming machines, and table games; trends; and revenue sharing payments with state and local governments.
The Report includes comparisons across states, historical perspective on Indian gaming, an examination of the reasons for the recent slowdown of Indian gaming and its recovery in 2010, comparisons to commercial casinos and racinos, an economic impact analysis examining Indian gaming's contribution to the U.S. economy, and a qualitative future outlook for Indian gaming.
Market summaries and performance metrics are provided by state. Summaries include year-over-year comparisons for gaming and non-gaming related revenue. The Report includes a directory of the 448 Indian gaming facilities that operated in the United States in 2010 along with a cross-reference listing of gaming tribes and the facilities they own.
Report CD
The CD version of Indian Gaming Industry Report contains the complete contents of the print report in PDF format along with tools and data not included in the print-only version of the Report:
- Historical Indian gaming data back to 2001 by state (counts of gaming tribes, facilities, gaming machines, and table games; and gaming revenue).
- Microsoft MapPoint file of Indian gaming facilities in the United States with geographic location and profile data
- Indian gaming market analyzer tool
Customer Testimonials
"Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report is a great tool for those of us who work in Indian gaming. Dr. Alan Meister has compiled a report that is succinct yet thorough in its analysis and information on the state of Indian gaming today. I keep the report close at hand and refer to it often."
-Knute Knudson
Vice President of Native American Development
IGT
"Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report is a seminal work because of its credibility. Dr. Meister's high-quality research and technical analysis have had a significant impact on the industry."
- Joseph Valandra
Chief of Staff
National Indian Gaming Commission (2005-2007)
"Dr. Alan Meister's Indian Gaming Industry Report remains an important tool for people that advise tribal government leaders and those that do business with Indian tribes. His objective, accurate, and concise economic analyses of Indian gaming greatly influence regulators, government officials, managers, and financiers and his report remains one of the few reliable sources of data and more importantly, of meaningful analysis."
- D. Michael McBride III
Partner and Chair of Indian Law & Gaming Practice Group
Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C.
and
Chair, Indian Law Section
Federal Bar Association
"Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report is an indispensable tool for those of us who represent Indian Tribes that have gaming operations. It is the best source I know of for detailed information on the Indian gaming industry. Dr. Meister is to be congratulated for providing this truly excellent report."
-Jerry Straus
Partner
Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker LLP
"Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report provides key information that is unavailable elsewhere. As misinformation pervades the public discourse on Indian gaming, Dr. Meister's objective economic analysis is a ‘must have’ resource for lawyers, policymakers, and others working in the field."
Kathryn R.L. Rand, Associate Professor of Law, and
Steven Andrew Light, Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration
University of North Dakota
Co-Directors, Institute for the Study of Tribal Gaming Law and Policy
Co-authors, Indian Gaming and Tribal Sovereignty: The Casino Compromise; and Indian Gaming Law and Policy
"Casino City's Indian Gaming Industry Report provides a bevy of important insights that should be contemplated by government officials as they attempt to formulate 'informed' gambling policy. Dr. Meister should be applauded for this superlative research effort and its contribution to the literature of gaming studies."
-Jeff Dense
Professor
Eastern Oregon University
