Elko County Gaming Revenue 2008
Elko County casinos won $287.2 million in 2008. The figure sits 5.2 percent below 2007, giving back $15.9 million.
Among the ten county-level markets it places 4th, contributing 2.5% of statewide win. The split runs 81.4% to slot machines and 18.6% to table, counter and card games. The largest gain came from Pai Gow Poker at $275,000; the largest decline was slot machines, down $12.7 million.
Slot and table revenue in Elko County, 2008
| Category | Win | Share | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $233.7M | 81.4% | -5.2% |
| Table, counter and card games | $53.6M | 18.6% | -5.6% |
Revenue by game in Elko 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 | $233.7M | 81.4% | -5.2% |
| Twenty One | $28.8M | 10.0% | -3.9% |
| Craps | $5.28M | 1.8% | -0.1% |
| 3-Card Poker | $4.26M | 1.5% | -10.2% |
| Card Games | $4.06M | 1.4% | -7.2% |
| Roulette | $3.33M | 1.2% | +1.4% |
| Sports Pool | $2.06M | 0.7% | -28.8% |
| Pai Gow Poker | $1.60M | 0.6% | +20.8% |
| Let It Ride | $1.44M | 0.5% | -9.7% |
| Other - Table Games | $1.43M | 0.5% | -7.5% |
| Keno | $990K | 0.3% | -32.8% |
| Race Book | $330K | 0.1% | +18.3% |
Month by month, Elko County 2008
| Month | Win | 2007 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $20.6M | $21.4M | -3.8% |
| February | $25.0M | $25.2M | -0.5% |
| March | $28.2M | $27.4M | +3.2% |
| April | $24.5M | $25.5M | -3.9% |
| May | $25.3M | $25.5M | -0.8% |
| June | $23.8M | $25.3M | -5.9% |
| July | $24.2M | $27.2M | -11.1% |
| August | $26.1M | $25.4M | +2.9% |
| September | $24.0M | $27.5M | -12.6% |
| October | $24.2M | $25.9M | -6.5% |
| November | $22.9M | $25.5M | -10.2% |
| December | $18.3M | $21.4M | -14.6% |
| Total 2008 | $287.2M | $303.1M | -5.2% |
March was the strongest month at $28.2 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 $287.2M, 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 | $730K | -44.7% |
| Sports Parlay Cards | $575K | +16.4% |
| Basketball | $535K | -7.9% |
| Race Pari-Mutuel | $306K | +13.8% |
| Baseball | $111K | -70.7% |
| Other - Sports | $110K | -9.1% |
| 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 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.