gambling in alberta - Research Services - University of Lethbridge

Table 16: Total Net Alberta Gambling Revenue from All Sources After Prizes but Before Expenses.
1970 NA 1980 $107,245,000 1990 $330,662,000 2000 $1,371,669,000
1971 NA 1981 $129,966,000 1991 $359,248,000 2001 $1,561,952,000
1972 NA 1982 $136,676,000 1992 $386,779,000 2002 $1,721,601,000
1973 NA 1983 $133,531,000 1993 $444,597,000 2003 $1,839,134,000
1974 NA 1984 $138,023,000 1994 $670,241,000 2004 $1,917,984,000
1975 $43,055,000 1985 $189,335,000 1995 $874,454,000 2005 $2,089,749,000
1976 $53,574,000 1986 $226,517,000 1996 $916,032,000 2006 $2,275,515,000
1977 $71,803,000 1987 $287,109,000 1997 $987,852,000 2007 $2,500,150,000
1978 $81,434,000 1988 $289,476,000 1998 $1,145,052,000 2008 $2,715,428,000
1979 $89,981,000 1989 $311,502,000 1999 $1,244,151,000 2009 $2,641,086,000
It is also important to understand how much money this represents in the larger Alberta
economy. Thus, Figure 16 shows these amounts as a percentage of provincial Gross Domestic
Product (market price) in each of these years as reported by Statistics Canada. GDP values
were not available prior to 1981.
As can be seen, Figure 16 shows that gambling as a percentage of GDP has quadrupled since the
early 1980s. However, Figure 16 also shows that even with this significant increase, gambling
still represents a very small part of overall economic activity in the province of Alberta (~1%).
1.4%
1.2%
1.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.4%
0.2%
0.0%
1970
Figure 16: Net Gambling Revenue as a Percentage of Alberta GDP
1972
1974
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