Elko County Gaming Revenue 2005
Elko County casinos won $258.7 million in 2005. That's up 11.9 percent on 2004, a gain of $27.5 million.
That ranks 4th among Nevada's ten county-level markets, and works out to 2.2% of the statewide total. The split runs 79.4% to slot machines and 20.6% to table, counter and card games. Slot machines gained the most in dollar terms, adding $23.8 million, while Keno gave back $295,000.
Slot and table revenue in Elko County, 2005
| Category | Win | Share | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $205.4M | 79.4% | +13.1% |
| Table, counter and card games | $53.3M | 20.6% | +7.5% |
Revenue by game in Elko County, 2005
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 | $205.4M | 79.4% | +13.1% |
| Twenty One | $29.0M | 11.2% | +9.7% |
| Craps | $5.81M | 2.2% | -1.0% |
| 3-Card Poker | $4.18M | 1.6% | +21.6% |
| Card Games | $3.76M | 1.5% | +14.4% |
| Roulette | $3.37M | 1.3% | +7.7% |
| Sports Pool | $1.78M | 0.7% | +9.0% |
| Keno | $1.66M | 0.6% | -15.1% |
| Let It Ride | $1.60M | 0.6% | +4.6% |
| Pai Gow Poker | $1.35M | 0.5% | -12.3% |
| Other - Table Games | $569K | 0.2% | +53.0% |
| Race Book | $214K | 0.1% | -44.8% |
Month by month, Elko County 2005
| Month | Win | 2004 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $19.7M | $16.8M | +16.9% |
| February | $22.1M | $19.0M | +16.0% |
| March | $22.5M | $20.4M | +10.4% |
| April | $22.3M | $18.7M | +19.3% |
| May | $22.0M | $18.3M | +20.1% |
| June | $21.1M | $20.1M | +4.7% |
| July | $24.0M | $20.0M | +19.7% |
| August | $21.6M | $20.1M | +7.0% |
| September | $21.1M | $20.6M | +2.5% |
| October | $23.7M | $21.0M | +12.9% |
| November | $21.1M | $19.3M | +9.1% |
| December | $17.6M | $16.7M | +5.1% |
| Total 2005 | $258.7M | $231.2M | +11.9% |
July was the strongest month at $24.0 million.
Sports betting and race book detail, 2005
These rows break down the sports pool and race book figures already counted in the totals above. They sit inside the $258.7M, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Football | $594K | -0.8% |
| Sports Parlay Cards | $513K | -17.9% |
| Basketball | $430K | +44.3% |
| Race Pari-Mutuel | $204K | -46.9% |
| Baseball | $182K | +243.4% |
| Other - Sports | $61K | 0.0% |
| Sports Pari-Mutuel | $0 | — |
About Elko County
Elko County sits in northeastern Nevada and includes West Wendover on the Utah border. Its gaming revenue answers to two mostly separate economies: cross-border traffic out of Utah, and the mining employment base around the city of Elko. That combination means it often moves independently of Las Vegas and Reno.
Other Nevada markets in 2005
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.