Tribal gaming contributions in Arizona reach $42.5m during Q2 2025
These latest figures from fiscal year 2024/25 bring the fund’s total contributions up to $2.3bn since 2004.
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- Tribal gaming contributions make up 88% of what the Arizona Benefits Fund receives
- Education and instructional improvement received the largest portion of the contribution
The Arizona Department of Gaming (ADG) has released a report on contributions made to the Arizona Benefits Fund during the second quarter of 2025.
The regulator reported that the Arizona Benefits Fund received more than $42.5m in Tribal gaming contributions during the quarter. The ADG said that funds received from Tribal gaming “provide significant dollars to support instructional improvement in schools, trauma and emergency care, tourism, and wildlife conservation throughout the state.”
In a breakdown of the total, education and instructional improvement received nearly $21.2m, trauma and emergency services almost $10.6m, ADG operating costs $3.8m, wildlife conservation $3m, tourism $3m and problem gambling treatment programs close to $0.9m.
ADG Director Jackie Johnson commented, “Strong collaboration and partnership between the state and Arizona’s Tribal communities continue to drive the growth of the tribal gaming industry.
“With consecutive record quarters of tribal contributions to the Arizona Benefits Fund in FY2025, these achievements highlight the success of our shared commitment. Since FY2004, tribal contributions have exceeded $2.3bn, benefiting the state, its cities, towns, and counties and underscoring the value of the tribal-state partnership.”
Good to know: Arizona is home to 26 Class III casinos
Under the terms of the Arizona Tribal-State Gaming Compact, “Tribes with casinos also contribute a percentage of their Class III gross gaming revenue to cities, towns, and counties.”
These are regulated by the ADG in collaboration with Tribes within the state.
The state’s benefits fund receives 88% of the contributions made by Tribal gaming.
A percentage of Tribal contributions from Class III gross gaming revenue also goes to cities, towns and counties throughout the state.
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