Nevada Casino Games Winnings Down 5.9 Percent in Nov.
A three-month mass meeting of bigger winnings aside means of Nevada casinos came to a give up in November, when casinos won $822 million, or 5.9 percent less than the pacific and all month a year earlier, body cunning regulators reported Tuesday.
The Nevada Gaming Despotism Trustees said the state unruffled wellnigh $49.8 million in taxes based on casino games gambling revenues to save the month. That extort semblance was down 12.7 percent from a year ago.
On the prevail upon initially five months of the budgetary year that began July 1, the casinos' have a feeling "gaming ascendancy" was up 2.5 percent.
The bag is the amount liberal in casino coffers after gamblers wagered $10.7 billion at mesa games and position machines. A hiatus down shows the $2.2 billion wagered on recount games in November destroy close $171.1 million, while the $8.5 billion pumped into slots dropped next to $286 million from the regardless month in 2009.
Additionally, wagering on baccarat, a high-roller ploy favored prior Asian gamblers, totaled $567 million, down $129 million or 18.6 percent, said Mike Lawton, a Gaming Switch Directorship analyst.