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Biloxi sets gaming record for FY 2021

Biloxi is reporting a record-breaking fiscal year for casino’s.  April and July were $100-million months.  Fiscal Year numbers show $1.02 billion in gross gaming revenue, that’s the amount of money that casino’s pay taxes on.

Biloxi’s eight casinos generated $1.02 billion in FY 2021, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021. It was the largest figure in the 29-year history of legalized gaming in Biloxi. The previous record was $1.006 billion in FY 2007.

Highlight of the FY 2021 was April, when the city reported a record-shattering gross gaming revenue figure of $111.2 million for one month.

Here are the FY ’21 numbers from the Biloxi casino market:

Gross gaming revenue: $1.02 billion

Total gaming taxes: $123.9 million

Where the money goes:

State of Mississippi: $81.6 million.

City of Biloxi: $22.9 million

County of Harrison: $9.52 million

Biloxi Public Schools: $6.53 million

County schools: $3.26 million

See the detailed report

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