Generating 35 percent of the state’s general fund revenue. $90.7 billion in total economic impact (43 percent of the state’s total gross domestic product). $21.4 billion in direct, indirect and induced wage and salary payments. Supporting 386,200 direct, indirect and induced jobs (27 percent of the state’s total workforce).

This year’s edition says Nevada’s gaming industry is responsible for: “This report puts the data behind those numbers and puts the meat behind the topline things we talk about.”

“It provides a good perspective with the overall goal of telling a story about what tourism does for the state,” Valentine said.

Published every other year, “The Facts” - previously known as the “Nevada Gaming Fact Book” - provides a comprehensive view of the contributions of the state’s largest industry through employment, capital investment, tax revenue, philanthropic activities and environmental sustainability initiatives through a presentation of graphs, charts and visuals. Valentine, who has been spending considerable time in Carson City explaining the casino industry’s view on issues that arise in this year’s legislative session, said the resource quantifies figures the organization uses to explain its viewpoints. “This has become the source for everything from talking to the media to when I’m asked to speak to a group publicly,” NRA President Virginia Valentine said in a telephone interview. “2023 The Facts” is a 100-page document drafted by Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis for the NRA, an organization representing more than 70 casino operators statewide. (Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal)Ī new Nevada Resort Association report said the gaming industry paid $2.1 billion in industry-specific taxes in 2022 and has $23 billion in current or planned major tourism-related capital investment projects underway. Pedestrians move along Las Vegas Boulevard on the Strip in November 2022 in Las Vegas.

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