AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION

Lobbying for AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2026

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 16, 2026

Expenses

$730,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 12

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
Natl Indian Gaming Commission
SENATE
State, Dept of (DOS)
Treasury, Dept of
White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 14

HR 1440
Discriminatory Gaming Tax Repeal Act of 2025
S 2273
Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act
HR 2233
SLOT Act of 2025
S 454
Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act
HR 1141
Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act
HR 1
An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14.
HR 4304
Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation Act
HR 4630
WAGER Act of 2025
S 2230
Facilitating Useful Loss Limitations to Help Our Unique Service Economy (FULL HOUSE) Act
HR 2087
SAFE Bet Act of 2025
S 1033
SAFE Bet Act
HR 1552
PROTECT Student Athletes Act
HR 7840
Event Contract Enforcement Act
S 4160
Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act

Lobbying activity 8

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Bank Secrecy Act, AML Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 implementation, AML Effectiveness; Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY2026

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues associated with corporate tax policy; the Federal sports betting excise tax (H.R. 1440/s.2273); increase IRS reporting threshold associated with slot jackpots (H.R. 2233); tax incentives for travel and tourism; the Gambling addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment (GRIT) Act (S. 454/H.R. 1141); Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act for FY2026; One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R.1); restoring full deductibility of gambling losses (H.R. 4304/H.R. 4630/S.2230)

Gaming/Gambling/Casino

slot tax threshold regulation and legislation (H.R. 2233); sports betting excise tax (H.R.1440/S.2273); responsible gaming; Requesting Members of Congress to Join the Gaming Caucus; the Gambling addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment (GRIT) Act (S. 454/H.R. 1141); SAFE Bet (H.R. 2087/S. 1033); PROTECT Student Athletes Act (H.R. 1552);restoring full deductibility of gambling losses (H.R. 4304/H.R. 4630/S.2230)

Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Illegal Gambling; anti-human trafficking; Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of FY2026

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Issues surrounding disclosure of resort fees

Travel/Tourism

Issues related to international and general travel

Telecommunications

Issues surrounding mobile applications

Agriculture

Issues around events contracts on sports and prediction markets; Event Contract Enforcement Act (H.R. 7840); Prediction Markets are Gambling Act (S.4160)

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.