In 2011 the company owned or operated 1,042,787 square feet of casino space, containing approximately 25,973 slot machines, 655 table games and 11,418 hotel rooms. One of the country's leading casino operators, in 2012 Boyd had 22 gaming entertainment properties in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Nevada, including 50% of Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. Boyd Gaming's business model is buoyed by the US public's insatiable appetite for gaming.