Ohio casinos, racinos break yearly gambling revenue record with a month to go

Ohio casinos, racinos break yearly gambling revenue record with a month to go

Article brief provided by Cleveland.com
  • Sean McDonnell, Cleveland.com
December 8, 2021 8:05 PM
  • Sean McDonnell, Cleveland.com

Ohio’s casinos and racinos through November have already broken the record for an entire year with $2.11 billion in gambling revenue heading into December.

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This is $120 million ahead of the record set for all of 2019, reports Tuesday from the Ohio Casino Control and Lottery commissions show.

In 2020, a year plagued by shutdowns and curfews, the casinos and racinos brought in $1.44 billion in revenue – money kept by the casinos after paying out winnings but before paying taxes and fees.