Move over Nevada, the United States has a new gambling tax grand champion.

The state of Pennsylvania has become the top gambling tax mine in the United States after it collected a whopping US$ 1.38 billion in tax, according to the report of Las Vegas Review – Journal.

Based on the data provided by the American Gaming Association, gambling newbie Pennsylvania has collected nearly $500 million more than what Nevada collects in terms of tax revenue and has climbed 2.34 percent in 2015 from the previous year.

It is worthy to note that the 12 casinos operating in Pennsylvania produced $3.17 billion in gross gaming revenue compared with that $11.11 billion in Nevada.