{"id":10062,"date":"2025-11-06T02:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/u-s-casinos-face-strain-as-government-shutdown-passes-35-days\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T02:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:01:30","slug":"u-s-casinos-face-strain-as-government-shutdown-passes-35-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/u-s-casinos-face-strain-as-government-shutdown-passes-35-days\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Casinos Face Strain as Government Shutdown Passes 35 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The US federal government shutdown, now the longest in modern history, has moved beyond politics and into the gaming economy. With around 900,000 workers furloughed and two million working unpaid, the effects are showing up in travel, discretionary income, and even tribal funding.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong><em>Good to Know<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Shutdown passes 35 days, the longest in US history.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>AGA warns casinos and resorts of steep travel losses.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Tribal casinos are using gaming income to cover frozen federal aid.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Travel Fallout Hits Gaming<\/h2>\n<p>The American Gaming Association and over 500 travel and hospitality groups, including MGM Resorts and Caesars, urged Congress to pass a clean funding bill. The letter warned that the shutdown could cost more than $1 billion weekly in travel spending.<\/p>\n<p>As unpaid air traffic controllers and TSA agents face fatigue, delays threaten peak travel to Las Vegas and Atlantic City. 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If not, late 2025 could mark a turning point in how both travel and regulation shape US gaming.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/us-casinos-face-strain-as-government-shutdown-passes-35-days\/\">U.S. Casinos Face Strain as Government Shutdown Passes 35 Days<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US federal government shutdown, now the longest in modern history, has moved beyond politics and into the gaming economy. With around 900,000 workers furloughed and two million working unpaid, the effects are showing up in travel, discretionary income, and even tribal funding. Good to Know Shutdown passes 35 days, the longest in US history. 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