Nevada Gaming Revenue Shows Increase In May

It was another strong month for gaming in Nevada, according to numbers released Thursday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. There was a 3.5 increase in revenue for May over the same period last year.

Nonrestricted casinos, which are locations with 15 or more slot machines, saw a gaming win of nearly $1 billion in May - $991,604,782 - compared to $957,937,998 for May, 2016.

The board tracks revenue for different parts of the state including the Strip, downtown, and Laughlin in Clark County; Reno and Sparks in Washoe County. (Subscribe to local news alerts on Patch).

You can read a region by region summary of revenue collections here.

The Strip saw an increase of nearly three percent. Revenue Downtown was 9.5 percent.

South Lake Tahoe saw a jump of nearly 30 percent.

Now all the news was good.

North Lake Tahoe saw a decrease of 7.33 percent. Elko County saw a 1.02 percent and the Carson Valley area saw revenues drop 1.05 percent.

The board also tracks revenue by game. You can see the game by game, region by region breakdown here.

Statewide it was a mixed bag.

Twenty-one saw a 3.18 percent increase, roulette was up 29.2 percent, and pai gow jumped 100 percent.

On the flip side - craps was down nearly five percent, mini-baccarat dropped more than 30 percent, and Let it Ride fell 11.16 percent.

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