South Shore casinos show big gain in January; Carson Valley on plus side too

Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 7:55am

Gaming revenue for the State of Nevada during the month of January showed a two percent gain over the same month in 2017. The had a "gaming win" of $1,015,027,320 according to figures released Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

On the South Shore, the $19,641,340 in gaming revenue earned by the casinos was up 14.83 percent from January, 2017. The Carson City and Carson Valley had a "win" of $8,101,427, up 7.21 percent.

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

The North Shore casino win was down 1.46 percent.

The big winners for the second month in a row were casinos in Elko County who saw their net win increase by 15.84 percent to 19.26 percent. Biggest loser? Las Vegas Strip casinos whose win was down 8.89 percent, also the second consecutive month they held that title.