he COVID-19 pandemic isn’t quite over yet, but economic recovery from its effects is already well underway. The US commercial gambling sector – comprising retail casinos, sportsbooks and iGaming – is now right back where it was before the world changed, and starting to surge higher still.

The American Gaming Association launched its Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker last summer, just after the industry hit its lowest point in decades. These quarterly reports are intended, in part, to document its recovery. The latest, released May 11, paints the rosiest picture we’ve seen in the past year.