State gaming win clears $1B for 6th straight month

State gaming triumph pumped the brakes successful August pursuing July’s grounds performance, but the state’s casinos inactive collected much than $1 cardinal from players for the sixth consecutive month, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported Thursday.

Statewide, casinos collected $1.166 cardinal from players, a 56.9 percent summation from August 2020.

Strip casinos won astir doubly arsenic overmuch arsenic they did successful August 2020, taking $625.7 cardinal from players, a 97.2 percent increase. Clark County didn’t wide $1 cardinal arsenic it did successful July, but inactive posted an awesome triumph full of $993.4 million, 67.3 percent up of August 2020.

August’s numbers see triumph statistic from Circa, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas and Resorts World Las Vegas, which weren’t yet unfastened successful August 2020.

The effects of the Caldor Fire connected tourism successful Northern Nevada began to amusement successful August.

While astir each marketplace successful the authorities showed double-digit percent increases from 2020, the North Lake Tahoe marketplace was up 9.3 percent and South Lake Tahoe up 8 percent from past year.

The largest casinos astatine Lake Tahoe began closing astatine the extremity of August and aboriginal September, but smoky conditions and blocked highways from California kept galore visitors away.

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