Montana has more than 1,400 licensed gambling operators and locations that offer more than 16,000 video gambling machines to the public. There are legal gambling establishments in every county in the state.

This summary provides a brief overview of trends in video gambling machine tax collections and permits, liquor and gambling licenses, and card games and bingo.

Fiscal Year 2025

Fiscal Year 2024

Fiscal Year 2023

Fiscal Year 2022

Fiscal Year 2021

Fiscal Year 2020

Fiscal Year 2019

Fiscal Year 2018

Fiscal Year 2017

Fiscal Year 2016

Fiscal Year 2015

 Video Gambling Machine Tax Collections

The division keeps quarterly statistics on video gambling machine (VGM) tax collections by county and larger cities, and are updated quarterly. This data is now included in the Quarterly Statistics Summary Report above.

The Gambling Control Division publishes a biennial report that provides comprehensive statistics on gambling in Montana and summarizes the division’s activities. The appendices include charts showing the taxes collected and the number of video gambling machines by city and county. Biennial reports are available for the fiscal years below.

Fiscal Years

The Gambling Control Division maintains lists of all licensed gambling businesses and machines active in Montana. Additional information can be found using the TAP Gambling License Search.

Under 2-6-1017 of the Montana Code Annotated, the lists contained in the following reports must not be used as distribution list. Using this information as a distribution list constitutes a criminal misdemeanor.  

Fiscal Year 2025

GCD Reports - Average Gross Daily Income by VGM Model

ReportDate Updated
FY 2025 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM Model11/4/2024
FY 2025 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM Model11/4/2024
FY 2025 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM Model11/4/2024
FY 2024 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM Model8/2/2024
FY 2024 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM Model8/2/2024
FY 2024 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM Model8/2/2024
FY 2023 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM Model8/2/2023
FY 2023 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM Model8/2/2023
FY 2023 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM Model8/2/2023
FY 2022 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM Model8/2/2022
FY 2022 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM Model8/2/2022
FY 2022 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM Model8/2/2022
FY 2021 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM Model8/18/2021
FY 2021 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM Model8/18/2021
FY 2021 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM Model8/18/2021
FY 2020 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM Model9/2/2020
FY 2020 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM Model9/2/2020
FY 2020 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM Model9/2/2020
FY 2019 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM Model8/1/2019
FY 2019 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM Model8/1/2019
FY 2019 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM Model8/1/2019
FY 2018 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM model10/3/2018
FY 2018 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM model10/3/2018
FY 2018 Average Gross Daily Incomeÿfor locations with any machines, by VGM model10/3/2018
FY 2017 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM model9/20/2017
FY 2017 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM model9/20/2017
FY 2017 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM model9/20/2017
FY 2016 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM model8/1/2016
FY 2016 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM model8/1/2016
FY 2016 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM model8/1/2016
FY 2015 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM model6/30/2015
FY 2015 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM model6/30/2015
FY 2014 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM model6/30/2014
FY 2014 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM model6/30/2014
FY 2014 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with any machines, by VGM model6/30/2014
FY 2013 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with less than 20 machines, by VGM model7/30/2013
FY 2013 Average Gross Daily Income for locations with 20 machines, by VGM model7/30/2013

GCD Reports - Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by Model

ReportDate Updated
FY 2025 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model11/4/2024
FY 2024 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model8/2/2024
FY 2023 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model8/2/2023
FY 2022 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model8/2/2022
FY 2021 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model8/18/2021
FY 2020 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model9/2/2020
FY 2019 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model8/1/2019
FY 2018 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model10/3/2018
FY 2017 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model9/20/2017
FY 2016 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model3/1/2017
FY 2015 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model3/1/2017
FY 2014 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model3/1/2017
FY 2013 Weighted Average Gross Daily Income by model3/1/2017

GCD Reports - Additional VGM Reports

ReportUpdated Frequency
Active Machine Count – by manufacturer and modelMonthly
Active Machine Count – by route operatorMonthly
Video Gambling Machine Game Programs – Approved for MontanaWeekly
Video Gambling Machine Game Programs – Obsolete for MontanaWeekly
Video Gambling Machine Game Programs – Approved for ReservationsMonthly
Video Gambling Machine Game Programs – Obsolete for ReservationsMonthly
Obsolete Game Programs ShortlistWeekly

Video Gambling Machine Tax Collections

The division keeps quarterly statistics on video gambling machine (VGM) tax collections by county and larger cities, and are updated quarterly.This data is now included in the Quarterly Statistics Summary Report above.