内华达赌场在过去几年在混乱的经济状况中苦苦挣扎，作为世界上第二大博彩目的地，他们的收入在那个时期不断下降，一些赌场没能存活下来。现在，赌场的收入终于开始稳定了。四月份，赌场收入较去年同期增长了六个百分点，内华达全部赌场的总收入为8.56亿美元，拉斯维加斯大地区的赌场表现尤为突出，增长幅度达到七个百分点，四月份收入总计为4.59亿美元。
“我们开始看到遍及全美博彩行业的复苏时期”博彩分析家布拉德.道金斯说“内华达一直是博彩行业的风向标，所以近几个月内华达的增长将开启整个博彩行业在2012年先前发展的大爆发”
新的一年给赌场带来了生气，宾夕法尼亚、新泽西、密西西比和路易斯安那等地区的赌场收入都出现增长。对墨西哥湾沿岸地区赌场造成影响的不仅仅是经济危机，还有2005年的卡特琳娜飓风，路易斯安那的赌场是受飓风破坏最厉害的，一些赌场因为损害严重不得不永久关闭。
其他地区在过去两年里也在努力从2008年的经济危机阴影下走出来，一度成为全美第二大博彩目的地的新泽西，已经把这一称号拱手让给宾夕法尼亚，新泽西的议员们通过了若干项法案试图重振该州在博彩行业的雄风。
其中最受大众欢迎的赌场修正案，是推动有限制的在线扑克赌博。新泽西是允许在线博彩的，并在去年批准了体育博彩，议员们正在准备和联邦法院就1992年的关于禁止体育博彩的法律打一场官司。参议员雷蒙德.莱斯纳克是体育博彩的强硬支持者，而且最近州长克丽丝.克里斯蒂也表明支持博彩扩张。
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Nevada Casinos Continue Gambling Revenue Climb In April
Nevada casinos have spent the past few years battling through an economic mess. Revenue has consistently fallen over that time frame in the second largest gaming destination in the world, and several casinos did not make it through the storm. Now, revenue has finally started to stabilize for the casinos.
In April, gaming revenue was up six percent over the same period in 2011. The total revenue for Nevada casinos equaled $856 million. Las Vegas Strip gambling fared even better, increasing seven percent, to $459 million in April.
”What we are starting to see is a recovery period for the gaming industry on a whole throughout the US,” said Gaming Analyst Brad Dawkins. “Nevada has always been the trendsetter for the industry, so the improvements Nevada is seeing in recent months should start a firestorm throughout the country moving forward in 2012.”
The new year has been a breath of fresh air for casinos, with revenue increasing in areas such as Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The Gulf Coast is not only recovering from the recession, but also from Hurricane Katrina back in 2005. Louisiana casinos were hit the hardest by the storm, and a couple casinos had to close their doors for good due to the damage.
The rest of the country has been attempting to dig out of the 2008 economic recession hole for the past two years. New Jersey, once the second largest gaming destination in the US, has relinquished that title to Pennsylvania. Lawmakers in New Jersey have passed several new bills to try and kick start the gaming industry.
Among the most popular fixes for casinos, is a push to regulate online poker. New Jersey did not stop at online gambling. Residents approved sports betting late last year, and legislators are gearing up for a federal court battle over the legality of a 1992 law that prohibits sports betting. Senator Raymond Lesniak has been the strongest sports betting proponent, and recently Governor Chris Christie has thrown his support behind the additional form of gambling as well.