Las Vegas gaming income up in August | Casinos & Gaming

Casino gaming win continued to defy summer season visitation traits statewide and in Clark County in August, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Friday.

Statewide win climbed 5.5 p.c to $1.23 billion, whereas Clark County was up 5.3 p.c to $1 billion for the month.

Monthly visitation statistics for August are anticipated to be launched by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority later Friday, however the variety of vacationers to the town has trended downward for the reason that begin of the yr.

All however one of many eight Southern Nevada submarkets have been up from August 2024 with Laughlin scoring a ten.8 p.c enhance to $36.3 million to guide by proportion. The Las Vegas Strip was up 5.5 p.c to $679.4 million and downtown Las Vegas rose 8.4 p.c to $63.2 million.

The Boulder Strip and Mesquite every elevated by greater than 9 p.c with the one down market being outlying Clark County, off 0.9 p.c to $142.4 million. That market contains southwest Las Vegas and the Durango on line casino property that has recurrently set month-to-month information, presenting a tricky comparability to beat.

Statewide, solely two markets — outlying Clark County and North Lake Tahoe — fared worse in August than they did a yr in the past.

Elko County had one among its finest months of the yr with double-digit proportion will increase in Wendover and the remainder of the county.

Gaming tax collections benefitted from August’s win efficiency with September collections up 33.7 p.c to $77.1 million. Over the primary quarter of gaming tax collections for the fiscal yr, income is up 16.5 p.c to $260.1 million.

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