Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.
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MethodAmerican Gaming Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.
Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26
- Agriculture8/8
- Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8/8
- Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8/8
- Gaming/Gambling/Casino8/8
- Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · Telecommunications 8 of 8 · 3 more · Show all 10
- Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8/8
- Telecommunications8/8
- Travel/Tourism8/8
- Animals1/8
- Budget/Appropriations1/8
Bills named in the filings 27 bills, this period
- H.R. 1440 Discriminatory Gaming Tax Repeal Act of 202521 filings
- H.R. 2233 SLOT Act of 202519 filings
- S. 454 / H.R. 1141 Gambling Addiction Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act14 filings
- H.R. 4304 Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation Act10 filings
- S. 2230 / H.R. 6985 Facilitating Useful Loss Limitations to Help Our Unique Service Economy (FULL HOUSE) Act9 filings
22 more, 8 named in only one filing · Show all 27
- S. 4160 Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act8 filings
- H.R. 1552 PROTECT Student Athletes Act7 filings
- H.R. 2087 SAFE Bet Act of 20257 filings
- H.R. 4630 WAGER Act of 20257 filings
- S. 1033 SAFE Bet Act7 filings
- H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Broad bill6 filings
- S. 2273 Wyoming Education Trust Modernization Act5 filings
- H.R. 7840 Event Contract Enforcement Act3 filings
- S. 3579 / H.R. 6982, 118th Gambling Addiction, Recovery, Investment, and Treatment Act3 filings
- H.R. 1661, 118th Discriminatory Gaming Tax Repeal Act of 20232 filings
- H.R. 3125, 118th To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the information reporting threshold for slot winnings.2 filings
- S. 2773 WAGER Act2 filings
- S. 5057, 118th Supporting Affordability and Fairness with Every Bet Act2 filings
- H.R. 8773, 118th Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2025 Broad bill2 filings
- H.R. 2742, 118th FIGHT Act1 filing
- H.R. 8974, 118th Human Trafficking Awareness Training Recognition Act of 20241 filing
- H.R. 9590, 118th SAFE Bet Act1 filing
- H.R. 967, 118th Betting on Our Future Act1 filing
- S. 1529, 118th FIGHT Act of 20231 filing
- S. 4872, 118th WAGER Act1 filing
- H.R. 3633 Digital Asset Market Clarity Act Broad bill1 filing
- H.R. 4366, 118th Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 Broad bill1 filing
From the filings
“Issues surrounding prediction markets and event contracts, including S. 4160, Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act”
“Sports betting, slot tax threshold, Congressional Gaming Caucus and other issues related to the gaming industry; enforcement of sports gaming laws; prediction markets, gambling loss deduction.”
Contacted as listed on the filings
- U.S. House
- U.S. Senate
- CFTC
- FTC
- FinCEN
- DHS
- IRS
- DOJ
- Natl Indian Gaming Commission
- DOS
- Treasury
- White House Office
The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.
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From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count
Gave directly to 35 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.
See every candidate and member American Gaming Association gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.
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