Effective Casino Tax Rates, 2008    
       
Effective Tax Rate (%) Gross Gambling Revenue (MM) Dist to State/Local Govt (MM)  
State Type*
       
Slots Casinos/Racinos      
Colorado 12.4                    715.88                      88.43 c
Delaware 35.9                    586.92                    210.55 r
Florida 50.0                    228.86                    114.43 r
Illinois 36.1                 1,569.00                    566.84 c
Indiana 31.0                 2,873.15                    889.40 cr
Iowa 22.9                 1,886.93                    432.43 cr
Louisiana 23.5                 2,979.40                    699.20 cr
Maine 49.6                     50.52                      25.04 r
Michigan 23.6                 1,360.00                    321.63 c
Mississippi 12.0                 2,721.00                    326.89 c
Missouri 26.3                 1,682.00                    442.79 c
Montana 16.1                    422.83                      68.02 v
Nevada 8.0               11,559.00                    924.49 cv
New Jersey 9.5                 4,503.00                    426.82 c
New Mexico 26.0                    258.08                      67.10 r
New York 47.1                    947.28                    446.28 r
Oklahoma 14.4                     92.48                      13.33 r
Oregon 65.3                    895.11                    584.74 v
Pennsylvania 47.3                 3,213.00                 1,519.00 cr
Rhode Island 74.3                    407.50                    302.70 r
South Dakota 15.0                    102.26                      15.37 c
West Virginia 45.2                    951.21                    430.24 r
Average/Total 22.3               40,005.41                 8,915.72  
       
Proposed        
Massachusetts 27 (Cahill proposal)    
       
Tribal Slot Casinos        
Alabama        
Alaska 3.6      
Arizona 5.8      
California 3.6      
Connecticut 25.0      
Idaho 5.9      
Iowa        
Kansas        
Louisiana 1.7      
Michigan 3.6      
Minnesota 1.2      
Missouri        
Montana        
Nevada        
New Mexico 6.5      
New York 10.4      
North Carolina        
North Dakota        
Oklahoma        
Oregon 2.2      
South Dakota        
Washington 1.3      
Wisconsin 6.3      
Wyoming        
Average 5.9      
       
* c = casino; r = racino; v = video slots in many locations     
       
Source for Casinos and Racinos:  American Gaming Association, State of the States, 2009
2008 data, tax revenue does not include initial license fees    
http://www.americangaming.org/assets/files/aga_sos2009web_FINAL.pdf  
For Oregon: http://info.oregonlottery.org/docs/ol_aafs_2008.pdf  
For Montana:  http://www.doj.mt.gov/gaming/statisticsreports/biennialreport/fy07fy08.pdf
Source for Tribal Casinos: Edward A. Morse and Ernest Goss, Governing Fortune: Casino Gambling in America, 2007, page 38 (2004 data)