'A strong start': Tribal gaming revenues on the rise in Arizona

Monday, August 6, 2018  

Tribal gaming revenues continue to grow in Arizona.

For the quarter ending June 30, 2018, tribes shared about $27.4 million with the state. That represents a 4.4 percent increase from the same quarter in 2017.

“This is a strong start to fiscal year 2019,” Daniel Bergin, the director of the Arizona Department of Gaming, said in a press release. “This sixth consecutive quarter of growth is more evidence of our state’s healthy economy.”

Under their Class III gaming compacts, tribes share between 1 percent to 8 percent of revenues with the state. The funds are used for schools, tourism, emergency services, wildlife conservation and local communities.

According to the department, tribes have shared more than $1.38 billion with the state and with local communities since 2004.

Read More on the Story:
Arizona tribal casino gambling revenue up by 4.4 percent (The Associated Press August 3, 2018)

Tribes show continued growth with increase in gaming revenues in Arizona (May 14, 2018)