Atlantic City Annual Comparison


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Jurisdictions: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Atlantic City, New Jersey Annual Comparison

This page contains an annual comparison of several metrics of Atlantic City casino performance. Click a link below to jump to a category/=.

Casino Revenue | Casino Win | Number of Slot and Table Games | Rooms, Parking Spaces, and Number of Employees | Visitation Stats

This section contains data for the total casino revenue between 1978 and the present. The categories include gaming revenue, room revenue, food and beverage revenue, and other. All figures are in thousands--add "000" to get total dollar amounts.

Year	Casinos	Gaming	Rooms	F & B	Other	Total
1978	1	134,073
1979	3	325,480
1980	6	642,673
1981	9	1,099,781
1982	9	1,493,163
1983	9	1,770,943
1984	10	1,951,768
1985	11	2,138,651
1986	11	2,281,204
1987	12	2,495,674
1988	12	2,734,773
1989	12	2,807,017
1990	12	2,951,581
1991	12	2,991,559
1992	12	3,215,970
1993	12	3,301,360
1994	12	3,422,534
1995	12	3,747,578
1996	12	3,813,653
1997	12	3,906,140
1998	12	4,032,998
1999	12	4,164,198
2000	12	4,207,902	311,262	514,450	125,584	5,159,198
2001	12	4,204,749	310,354	521,654	124,998	5,161,754
2002	12	4,320,798	319,892	539,020	128,179	5,307,888
2003	12	4,424,994	364,471	577,556	137,530	5,504,551
2004	12	4,738,277	433,172	626,239	160,181	5,957,869
2005	12	4,962,371	473,901	643,574	184,171	6,264,017
2006	12	5,166,566	495,774	672,140	194,447	6,528,927
2007	11	4,888,599	505,369	653,742	208,328	6,256,038
2008	11	4,499,516	497,810	635,614	208,198	5,839,136

This section contains annual comparative data for the total casino win between 1978 and present. The table documents total casino win, slot machine win, table game win, and the slot and table percentages relative to the total casino win.

Year	Casinos	Casino Win	Slot Win	Slot %	Table Win	Table %
1978	1	134,073	58,582	43.69%	75,491	56.31%
1979	3	325,480	137,345	42.20%	188,135	57.80%
1980	6	642,673	267,827	41.67%	374,846	58.33%
1981	9	1,099,781	470,256	42.76%	629,525	57.24%
1982	9	1,493,163	693,989	46.48%	799,174	53.52%
1983	9	1,770,943	877,935	49.57%	893,008	50.43%
1984	10	1,951,768	980,099	50.22%	971,669	49.78%
1985	11	2,138,651	1,087,742	50.86%	1,050,909	49.14%
1986	11	2,281,204	1,185,361	51.96%	1,095,843	48.04%
1987	12	2,495,674	1,326,091	53.14%	1,169,583	46.86%
1988	12	2,734,773	1,493,577	54.61%	1,241,196	45.39%
1989	12	2,807,017	1,577,216	56.19%	1,229,801	43.81%
1990	12	2,951,581	1,724,323	58.42%	1,227,258	41.58%
1991	12	2,991,559	1,851,068	61.88%	1,140,491	38.12%
1992	12	3,215,970	2,113,802	65.73%	1,102,168	34.27%
1993	12	3,301,360	2,214,631	67.08%	1,086,729	32.92%
1994	12	3,422,534	2,297,146	67.12%	1,125,388	32.88%
1995	12	3,747,578	2,572,721	68.65%	1,174,857	31.35%
1996	12	3,813,653	2,626,022	68.86%	1,187,631	31.14%
1997	12	3,906,139	2,720,146	69.64%	1,185,992	30.36%
1998	12	4,032,997	2,825,158	70.05%	1,207,839	29.95%
1999	12	4,164,197	2,955,885	70.98%	1,208,312	29.02%
2000	12	4,300,332	3,087,584	71.80%	1,212,748	28.20%
2001	12	4,303,078	3,141,272	73.00%	1,161,805	27.00%
2002	12	4,381,406	3,261,516	74.44%	1,119,890	25.56%
2003	12	4,488,334	3,327,277	74.13%	1,161,057	25.87%
2004	12	4,806,698,	3,556,412	73.99%	1,250,285	26.01%
2005	12	5,018,276	3,673,959	73.21%	1,344,317	26.79%
2006	12	5,217,613	3,803,615	72.90%	1,413,998	27.10%
2007	11	4,920,786	3,464,470	70.40%	1,456,316	29.60%
2008	11	4,544,961	3,132,501	68.92%	1,412,460	31.08%

Figures reported in millions from 1978 to 1996; add 000 for true value.

This section contains annual comparative data for the total number of slot and table games between 1978 and 2006.

Currently, we do not have data on the numbers of slot machines and table games for 1978-9.

Year	Casinos	Slots	Tables
1978	1	UNKN	UNKN
1979	3	UNKN	UNKN
1980	6	7,481	649
1981	9	11,365	952
1982	9	12,061	941
1983	9	11,890	871
1984	10	14,341	1,039
1985	11	16,183	1,165
1986	11	16,525	1,198
1987	12	18,616	1,312
1988	12	19,534	1,323
1989	12	18,202	1,196
1990	12	21,186	1,355
1991	12	21,654	1,276
1992	12	22,774	1,144
1993	12	24,561	1,288
1994	12	27,041	1,310
1995	12	29,057	1,301
1996	12	32,786	1,439
1997	12	35,057	1,473
1998	12	36,008	1,373
1999	12	34,718	1,321
2000	12	36,278	1,306
2001	12	37,483	1,247
2002	12	38,117	1,177
2003	12	42,378	1,386
2004	12	41,605	1,443
2005	12	41,231	1,606
2006	12	35,848	1,658
2007	11	35,615	1,615
2008	11	34,123	1,624

This section contains annual comparative data for hotel rooms, parking spaces, and the number of employees between 1978 and the present.

Year	Casinos	Rooms	Parking Spaces	# of Employees
1978	1	-	-	-
1979	3	-	-	-
1980	6	-	-	-
1981	9	-	-	-
1982	9	-	-	-
1983	9	4,779	14,371	30,197
1984	10	5,503	15,977	33,681
1985	11	6,342	19,409	37,004
1986	11	6,351	18,404	37,262
1987	12	6,835	25,478	39,351
1988	12	7,314	26,823	42,134
1989	12	7,584	25,768	41,627
1990	12	9,337	31,788	45,241
1991	12	9,419	30,269	43,910
1992	12	8,961	30,273	44,240
1993	12	8,946	30,824	44,111
1994	12	9,227	29,104	44,894
1995	12	9,398	29,597	47,286
1996	12	10,533	31,025	48,956
1997	12	11,891	34,000	49,123
1998	12	11,880	34,018	48,492
1999	12	11,361	33,521	47,366
2000	12	11,361	32,308	47,426
2001	12	11,431	34,291	45,592
2002	12	11,711	34,604	44,820
2003	12	14,253	40,570	46,159
2004	12	15,134	42,342	45,501
2005	12	15,122	42,342	44,452
2006	12	15,134	42,342	42,545
2007	11	14,575	41,823	40,788
2008	11	17,060	43,063	38,585

Year	Automobile	Casino Bus	NJ Transit Bus	Air	Rail	Total
1978	6,445	200	353	10	-	7,008
1979	7,909	1,000	536	20	-	9,465
1980	9,891	3,298	613	20	-	13,822
1981	11,475	6,770	658	181	-	19,084
1982	13,086	9,051	595	223	-	22,955
1983	14,347	11,036	643	335	-	26,361
1984	15,448	12,041	720	257	-	28,466
1985	15,702	12,589	758	277	-	29,326
1986	16,360	12,453	748	371	-	29,932
1987	17,218	13,495	754	378	-	31,845
1988	17,769	14,184	745	440	-	33,138
1989	18,257	12,447	685	523	90	32,002
1990	19,310	11,201	528	544	230	31,813
1991	19,281	10,286	494	483	244	30,788
1992	19,734	9,768	512	496	195	30,705
1993	20,303	8,728	513	462	219	30,225
1994	21,803	8,352	518	433	215	31,321
1995	23,162	9,079	517	386	128	33,272
1996	23,023	10,011	515	395	98	34,042
1997	23,368	9,640	512	426	124	34,070
1998	23,293	9,903	530	447	127	34,300
1999	23,247	9,342	539	396	128	33,652
2000	23,177	9,015	536	323	133	33,184
2001	23,501	7,986	519	277	140	32,423
2002	24,676	7,586	514	268	143	33,188
2003	24,553	6,764	504	261	142	32,224
2004	25,732	6,573	516	261	148	33,230
2005	27,889	6104	519	261	151	34,924
2006	27,545	6,041	526	260	162	34,534
2007	26,928	5,408	501	260	203	33,300
2008	25,903	4,910	505	259	245	31,813

*Railroad introduced in 1989

Atlantic City, New Jersey Gaming Statistics

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All data compiled from Annual Report. Trenton: New Jersey: New Jersey Casino Control Commission, 1979-2009.

This project was sponsored by a grant from the UNLV Libraries Advisory Board.


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