Chips are down for US casinos as revenues slide

US casinos have run into a string of bad luck as the recession and other factors cut into gambling revenues, even as more states move to get a piece of the action.  Gaming revenues in the 12 US states authorizing casinos fell 5.7 percent in 2009 to 30.7 billion dollars, according to a preliminary estimate by the American Gaming Association, a trade group.

This followed a 4.6 percent drop in 2008 gross gaming receipts, the figures showed.  Gaming industry analysts say the recession has hit gambling along with all other consumer and leisure activities.  Breitbart