Casino Statistics
Last Updated on: June 5th, 2025
Here is a collection of some of the most interesting casino statistics and facts I have stumbled across in my internet travels. These posts cover both the industry and individual casinos.
Casino Fun Facts
- The first modern casino was established in Venice, Italy in 1638.
- The largest casino in the world is the WinStar World Casino and Resort in Oklahoma, USA, with over 600,000 square feet of gaming space.
- The world’s oldest casino is the Casino di Venezia, which has been operating since 1638.
- The first slot machine was invented in 1895 by Charles Fey in San Francisco, California.
- The odds of winning the Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302.6 million, while the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.
- The largest jackpot ever won in a casino was $39.7 million in 2003, on a slot machine called Megabucks at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- The term “jackpot” originally referred to a poker game in which the pot continued to grow until a player could open the betting with a pair of jacks or better.
- The first Las Vegas casino was the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino, which opened in 1906.
- The world’s largest casino chip collection is owned by a man named Randy Kaplan, who has over 450,000 chips from casinos all over the world.
- The world’s most expensive casino chip was sold at auction for $37,000. It was a $25 chip from the now-closed Dunes Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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