In FY 2009 Missouri riverboat casinos:
Employed 10,961 people
Paid wages of 346.8 million
dollars
Earned 1.7 billion dollars in
gross gaming revenue
Contributed 352 million dollars
in direct gaming taxes to state and local home dock governments.
Contributed 104.7 million dollars
in total admission fees (2 dollars per 2 hour excursion) to special state funds
and home dock governments.
Paid total real estate and sales
taxes of 54.9 million, for a combined total of gaming and other taxes of 511.6
million dollars.
Invested a total of 2.9 billion
in capital investments since 1998.
