October gambling revenue figures released today (4 December) by the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) showed that the state brought in $1.28 billion (£1 billion/€1.2 billion) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) for the month, a year-over-year decline of just over 2%.
Figures for the Las Vegas Strip were the highlight of the report, but not for good reasons. The Strip’s October GGR total of $692 million was a 3% drop year-over-year. That’s the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines for America’s gaming capital, which had its best year ever in 2023. For the fiscal year-to-date, the Strip is down more than 6%.
Strip slot revenue ($428.3 million) was up 5.5%, but table games (-14.5%) were tricky again in October. Baccarat revenue, which has become a boom-or-bust category that spurred records last year, plummeted 23.4% to $68.7 million. The Strip is down 33% on the game in the last three months.
Downtown Las Vegas had the worst month of all the southern Nevada markets. Its GGR..
