Stimulus Check Update: See This Picture? Billions in Stimulus Went Here According to Forbes, casinos in the state of Nevada raked in $1 billion in the month of March, its biggest month in eight years. Ever since Americans began receiving their stimulus checks from the American Rescue Plan, they’ve spent a lot of that money- enough to cause retail sales to surge in March, and the gross national product to rise significantly in the first quarter. Surveys have shown that more Americans are spending their stimulus money on household bills than anything else, but there are indications that the money is also being spent on home improvements, as well as the sorts of things people weren’t able to do during the long pandemic.