The latest round of data from the Nevada Gaming Control Board, released on 30 January, showed that the state's gaming industry was positive year-over-year for December and 2024 as a whole, despite Strip declines for each.
The Nevada December revenue report showed that gross gaming revenue (GGR) totalled $1.46 billion (£1.17 billion/€1.4 billion) for the month, up 2% from last year. For 2024, the total was $15.6 billion, a slight (+0.55%) uptick from calendar year 2023. That represents the fourth consecutive record-setting calendar year for the Silver State, following the drudges of the 2020 Covid pandemic.
But perhaps the most interesting thing about those increases was that they came despite declines from the Las Vegas Strip, the economic driver of the state. In December, the Strip posted $881.2 million in GGR, down 2.6% YoY, its sixth consecutive monthly decline.
For the fiscal year-to-date (1 July-31 December), the Strip is down more than 5%, the most of the state’s major..