Gamblers lost $68.7 billion at casinos, tracks, lottery outlets, legal sports books, bingo halls, charity gaming halls and card rooms in the United States last year.
That's an increase of 5.3 percent over the previous year, according to the annual Gross Annual Wager compiled by Christiansen Capital Advisors.
Commercial casinos won $28.1 billion, up 3.1 percent. Indian casinos won $14.2 billion, up 11.5 percent.
Every legal gambling segment except bookmaking (down 7.7 percent) and card rooms (down 2.5 percent) showed a revenue increase.
The gross figure excludes Internet gambling because it's global in nature. Christiansen Capital Advisors estimated the online win at $4 billion, up 33.4 percent.
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