Preface Casino City’s Indian Gaming Business Report 9 Preface Since the passage of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act in 1988, many Native American tribes have enjoyed success with gaming. However, the degree of success has varied greatly over time and across gaming facilities, tribes and states. The wide variation in performance has depended on a number of factors, including market conditions, the types of gaming offered, the types of non-gaming amenities offered, the degree of competition, the maturity level of a market, management of gaming facilities and varying legal, regulatory and political environments. The goal of this report, which is the culmination of over 19 years of research and analysis, is to document and analyze the recent performance of Indian gaming, provide some historical and industry perspective and foster a deeper understanding of Indian gaming in the context of Native American tribal affairs, the gaming industry and the U.S. economy in general. This is the 17th annual report. It builds on 16 previous annual report editions authored by Dr. Alan Meister of Meister Economic Consulting that were completed in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Mid-year updates were available from 2004 through 20071 . This report presents data and analysis prepared by Casino City Press for calendar year 2017, the most recent year for which data were available, as well as calendar years 2015 and 2016 prepared by Dr. Alan Meister (and sometimes earlier years, as well) for context, comparison and historical analysis. The online version of this report includes historical Indian gaming data back to 2001. A significant portion of the data presented in this report was collected from tribes, Indian gaming facilities, gaming associations and gaming regulatory agencies. I would like to thank them for their assistance in helping to make this report as complete and as accurate as possible. It is noted that this information was not independently audited. As in earlier editions of the report, data for previous years were revised where new or updated information became available. Thus, the information contained in this report supersedes that presented in previous annual reports. This new report continues to be the product of independent, scholarly research. Casino City Press was not commissioned to prepare this report nor were Dr. Alan Meister, Meister Economic Consulting nor Casino City Press commissioned to prepare the earlier reports. Some proprietary financial data used in the preparation of earlier editions of the report were provided by tribes, casinos and gaming associations under the condition that they be kept confidential and presented in aggregate form only. The provision of those data was not conditioned on the report’s findings. However, in order to protect the confidentiality of data in states with only a couple of tribes or gaming facilities, or where data were explicitly provided on a confidential basis, some data in earlier reports were aggregated into the category “Other States.” In this new report Casino City Press has prepared its own estimates for gaming revenue in the other states using an economic model that does not rely on any confidential data, so gaming revenue data for every state is now shown. This publication is one of three reports published by Casino City Press that provide gaming market data. Casino City’s North American Gaming Almanac complements this report by providing revenue data for non-Indian gaming in every state in the U.S. and every province and territory in Canada. Casino City’s Global Gaming Almanac covers gaming worldwide, excluding North America. A number of staff members of Casino City Press worked hard in the preparation of this report.
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