Nevada casinos do well in February

The Nevada Gaming Control Board released their figures for the month of February, 2016, they show Stateline casinos bringing in $16,173,829, which is up 3.84 percent from the same period in 2015.

For the fiscal year, the South Shore is still below the previous year by 5.46 percent.

When reviewing the whole state of Nevada, several regions showed double-digit gains, led by the non-Reno areas of Washoe County, which had a gain on 19.71 percent. All of Clark County had a gain on the previous year, led by the downtown and North Las Vegas areas.

For the first time in years, there were no areas of the state that saw a decline on gaming revenue when compared to a year ago.

Statewide, casinos reported a gain of 8.06 percent, or $73,731,777. Year-to-date, the state gaming win is up slightly over the previous year, with a gain of 1.52 percent.

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