Casino gambling, including Indian gaming, is legal in 27 states and most of the casinos have been built in the last 5 years. The Gaming Sector is a Large Entertainment Industry. In 1995, gambling in the United States grossed over $40 billion in revenues.
FDIC Coverage Limits. The FDIC increased the amount of coverage on deposit accounts for banking customers in the wake of the Great Recession that began in 2007. For an individual account, the FDIC provides insurance protection up to $250,000, and each account carries this level of coverage.
Also, all such funds will be insured up to the FDIC insurance limit.. During the recent Wall Street crisis, Congress increased the FDIC insurance limit on individual bank accounts from $100,000 to $250,000. Consumer groups had questioned whether the insurance applied to the card distributors or to individual accounts.