South Shore casinos hit it out of the ballpark in February

Submitted by paula on Wed, 03/28/2018 - 9:51am

The month of February, 2018 proved to be a good bet for the casinos on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe when the gaming records were tallied, according to a monthly report released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board today.

Harrah's, Harveys, MontBleu, Hard Rock and Lakeside Inn combined for a "gaming win" of $19,861,878, up 32 percent from the same month a year ago.

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

Gaming revenue for the whole state of Nevada during the month of February showed a 7.68 percent gain over February, 2017. They posted a "gaming win" of $1,017,913,863.

The Carson City and Carson Valley casinos had a "win" of $8,113,244, almost equal to January and up 2.71 percent from February, 2017. North Lake Tahoe casinos "won" $1,876,105, down 6.08 percent. They posted the biggest percentage loss in the state, while South Shore casinos had the biggest win.