Tribal gaming can be major business in the United States. Gaming revenues for the 2020 fiscal year hit $27.8 billion, according to figures released in August 2020 by the National Indian Gaming Commission.

While this amount represented a 19.5 percent decrease from the previous year — which saw $34.6 billion in gross revenues and the ninth consecutive year of a new record — tribes still averaged roughly $53 million in revenue per gaming operation even during a time wracked by the coronavirus pandemic and shutdowns.