After three consecutive monthly declines, Nevada gaming revenue increased slightly in November compared to the year before, the state reported today.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said casinos won $876.3 million last month, a 0.04 percent increase from the same month last year. But gaming revenue for the fiscal year, which began July 1, is still down 2.67 percent.
On the Strip, where a huge chunk of the state’s total is generated, gaming revenue dropped 4 percent from last year to $508.3 million. Baccarat revenue there declined 1.1 percent to $127.6 million.
The numbers told a better story for the rest of Clark County. Downtown Las Vegas gaming revenue rose to $42.8 million, a 12.76 percent increase from the same time last year.
North Las Vegas and the Boulder Strip, meanwhile, recorded substantial increases of 37.62 percent and 20.68 percent, respectively. Laughlin and Mesquite saw smaller increases of 12.77 percent and 7.03 percent, respectively.
Overall, Clark County’s gaming revenue was up just shy of 1 percent from last year.
Washoe County gaming revenue, on the other hand, dropped 0.16 percent. In Reno, casinos won $43.1 million, a 0.57 percent decrease compared to the year before.
Online poker pulled in just $641,000. One of Nevada’s three original online poker sites, Ultimate Poker, announced it was shutting down in mid-November.
The state collected $47.4 million in taxes on November’s revenue, a 5.16 percent decrease from last year.