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Who knows, maybe we’ll even agree on who won and government can focus on the bigger picture of COVID-19 and the economy. 

American Gaming Association (AGA) President and CEO Bill Miller outlined his optimism for the gaming industry’s recovery in AGA’s annual State of the Industry address delivered last month at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) 2020.

Likely lost in all the sturm und drang that was the 2020 electoral season was just how successful gaming measures were at the polls this year.

Voters in Colorado, Nebraska, and Virginia expanded casino gaming while Louisiana, Maryland, and South Dakota approved ballot initiatives legalizing sports betting.

The demand for gaming found refuge online during the six weeks of peak brick-and-mortar shutdown starting in mid-March, and the impacts figure to resound in legislatures around the country as beleaguered states ponder ways to improve their overall financial pictures.

The COVID-19 outbreak and the resulting shutdown of so-called non-essential businesses have wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy, producing soaring unemployment and economic and fiscal pain across the country. 

The American Gaming Association congratulates co-chairs Rep. Bennie Thompson (MS-02) and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14) on relaunching the Congressional Gaming Caucus for the 116^th Congress. 

Last month’s annual G2E show—as usual—offered something for everyone. On the conference side of things, there was no shortage of high-profile perspective on where we are headed in the all-important areas of sports betting, mobile gaming and customer-facing technology.

The opportunity to bet on football teams has expanded dramatically in the past year, with more and more states legalizing and launching sports wagering markets. It’s the result of a U.S. Supreme Court decision in May 2018 to overturn the PASPA, also known as the Bradley Act.

Since the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Murphy v. NCAA, 584 U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. 1461 (2018), striking down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) last year, states across the country have been moving forward with plans to authorize sports betting.