Clark County Gaming Revenue 2008
Gaming win in Clark County reached $9.80 billion in 2008. That's down 9.9 percent from 2007, a drop of $1.07 billion.
None of Nevada's other county-level markets won more, and the figure accounts for 84.5% of statewide win. Machines accounted for 64.2% of win; tables, counters and card games made up 35.8%. Slot machines fell further than any other game, giving back $581.4 million.
Slot and table revenue in Clark County, 2008
| Category | Win | Share | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $6.29B | 64.2% | -8.5% |
| Table, counter and card games | $3.51B | 35.8% | -12.3% |
Revenue by game in Clark County, 2008
Game names follow the Control Board's own labels, so blackjack appears here as Twenty One. Slots are reported one row per denomination, which says more about which machines a floor happens to run than about how it performed, so this table combines them into a single line.
| Game | Win | Share | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $6.29B | 64.2% | -8.5% |
| Twenty One | $1.10B | 11.2% | -12.1% |
| Baccarat | $769.2M | 7.9% | -14.7% |
| Craps | $404.4M | 4.1% | -6.2% |
| Roulette | $314.0M | 3.2% | -10.1% |
| Card Games | $136.1M | 1.4% | -7.1% |
| 3-Card Poker | $133.9M | 1.4% | -11.8% |
| Other - Table Games | $128.1M | 1.3% | -5.6% |
| Sports Pool | $116.6M | 1.2% | -19.8% |
| Mini-Baccarat | $112.0M | 1.1% | -25.2% |
| Pai Gow Poker | $103.2M | 1.1% | -6.0% |
| Race Book | $72.0M | 0.7% | -14.7% |
| Let It Ride | $52.5M | 0.5% | -4.4% |
| Keno | $27.5M | 0.3% | -13.1% |
| Pai Gow | $21.7M | 0.2% | -34.5% |
| Caribbean Stud | $11.9M | 0.1% | -16.0% |
| Bingo | $3.45M | 0.0% | -34.0% |
Month by month, Clark County 2008
| Month | Win | 2007 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $928.6M | $967.8M | -4.0% |
| February | $866.0M | $901.8M | -4.0% |
| March | $871.9M | $889.7M | -2.0% |
| April | $850.0M | $892.8M | -4.8% |
| May | $810.1M | $968.4M | -16.4% |
| June | $806.1M | $789.7M | +2.1% |
| July | $819.7M | $964.7M | -15.0% |
| August | $759.3M | $838.0M | -9.4% |
| September | $853.5M | $879.1M | -2.9% |
| October | $757.5M | $1.00B | -24.3% |
| November | $702.6M | $828.7M | -15.2% |
| December | $771.8M | $946.0M | -18.4% |
| Total 2008 | $9.80B | $10.87B | -9.9% |
January was the strongest month at $928.6 million.
Sports betting and race book detail, 2008
These rows break down the sports pool and race book figures already counted in the totals above. They sit inside the $9.80B, so adding them to it would count the same money twice. Sports – Mobile reports how much of the sports win arrived through a phone.
| Line | Win | Year over year |
|---|---|---|
| Race Pari-Mutuel | $70.9M | -15.8% |
| Basketball | $38.4M | +14.7% |
| Football | $33.8M | -47.5% |
| Baseball | $20.9M | -6.0% |
| Sports Parlay Cards | $14.7M | +0.3% |
| Other - Sports | $8.92M | -17.4% |
| Sports Pari-Mutuel | $0 | -100.0% |
About Clark County
Clark County contains the Las Vegas Strip, downtown Las Vegas, Laughlin, Mesquite, and the Boulder Strip, and it produces the large majority of Nevada's gaming revenue. County-level reporting runs without a break from January 2004, which makes this the longest usable series for the Las Vegas market; the separate Strip and downtown figures don't start until 2018.
Other Nevada markets in 2008
All figures are gaming win at nonrestricted locations, taken from the Nevada Gaming Control Board's monthly Gaming Revenue Information reports. Win is what casinos kept after paying winning wagers, before taxes and operating costs. Restricted locations, the taverns and stores running fifteen machines or fewer, are reported separately and excluded here.
Every month since 2004, in one API call.
The tables on this page are aggregates. The API returns the underlying records: every game, region, and location type, month by month.