Nevada casinos win record us$ 12.62 billion in 2006

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The Las Vegas Strip win of us$ 6.69 billion was up 10.9 percent over 2005 (US).- Gamblers bet a record us$ 170 billion in Nevada casinos during 2006, and the clubs set another record by winning us$ 12.62 billion of the total, according to a state report released last Friday. A breakdown of the win shows that the Las Vegas Strip accounted for us$ 6.69 billion of the total. That’s also a record - but it wasn’t enough to fend off booming Macau, the Chinese territory which apparently eclipsed the Strip for the first time with 2006 gambling revenue of us$ 6.95 billion.

"Macau probably has surpassed the Las Vegas Strip gaming win," state Gaming Control Board analyst Frank Streshley said in releasing the Nevada report. "But there’s a lot of uncertainty because the computation of their gaming win may not be the same as ours. It may not be a true apples-to-apples comparison."

Macau aside, Streshley said the Nevada figures show that even with some softening in the second half of 2006 the state’s casinos showed 8.3 percent growth over their 2005 win. He added that 2006 ended with a us$ 1.06 billion win in December, up 17.1 percent over December 2005.

The win is what was left in casino coffers from the us$ 170 billion bet during calendar 2006. That means the clubs held onto 7.4 percent of all money wagered. "Win" is a gross figure, with no operating costs or other expenses deducted. And it’s casino revenue only - separate from hotel, restaurant or bar revenues generated by the resorts.

The Las Vegas Strip win of us$ 6.69 billion was up 10.9 percent over the 2005 win. For all of Clark County, encompassing the Strip, downtown Las Vegas and other southern Nevada cities, the total was us$ 10.64 billion, up 9.5 percent. Throughout the state, a breakdown shows record wins for all major markets except for downtown Las Vegas, casinos on Lake Tahoe’s south shore and the Minden-Gardnerville-Carson City area.

Downtown Las Vegas won us$ 630.4 million, down 3.6 percent, while the south Tahoe resorts won us$ 333.7 million, down 0.5 percent. The Minden-Gardnerville-Carson City win of us$ 124.3 million was down 0.3 percent. While slight, that’s the first decline in 13 years.

Resorts in the Reno-Sparks-North Tahoe in northern Nevada took in nearly $1.1 billion. That included us$ 767.7 million for Reno, up 1.7 percent. Clubs in Elko County, on the state’s border with Utah, won us$ 272.2 million, up 5.3 percent. The us$ 12.62 billion statewide win included a record us$ 8.3 billion from slot machines, up 6.9 percent from 2005, and a record us$ 4.16 billion from table games, up 11.1 percent.

A breakdown of games that produced the most revenue in 2006 shows the clubs won us$ 1.38 billion on blackjack, us$ 463.4 million on craps and us$ 835.8 million from baccarat. In slots, multidenomination devices won us$ 3.49 billion of the total. Dollar slots won us$ 1.03 billion, quarter slots won us$ 1.26 billion and penny slots won us$ 1.3 billion.

Sports betting produced another us$ 191.5 million in winnings, up 52 percent. Poker winnings for the clubs totaled us$ 160.9 million, up 14.8 percent.

For the current fiscal year to date, the state’s revenues from gambling total about us$ 443.6 million, 1.6 percent below forecast amounts. That included us$ 51.1 million in taxes based on the December casino win, which was up 11.6 percent from forecast amounts. Yahoo Finance

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