Gaming revenue on the South Shore shows slight decline

Submitted by paula on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 2:26pm

Gaming revenue for the State of Nevada during the month of December was less than one percent off of their totals for the same month in 2016. The $960,384,350 in net win by the state's casinos was just .44 percent over from last year according to figures released Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

On the South Shore, the $18,489,949 in gaming revenue earned by the casinos was down 1.24 percent from 2016. The Carson City and Carson Valley had a "win" of $9,333,656, up 9.97 percent.

The "gaming win" represents the computed income of casinos before business expenses and taxes.

North Shore casino win was down 9.97 percent. The big winners were casinos in Wendover who saw their net win increase by 25.95 percent. Biggest loser? Las Vegas Strip casinos whose win was down 3.25 percent, but they still saw a total win of $571,503,779 for the month.