Laughlin Gaming Revenue 2016
Gaming win in Laughlin reached $472.4 million in 2016. The figure is 1.1 percent above 2015, worth $5.16 million in additional win.
That ranks 5th among Nevada's ten reported sub-areas, and works out to 4.2% of the statewide total. This is a slot market first: machines account for 89.1% of win, tables for 10.9%. Slot machines gained the most in dollar terms, adding $4.11 million, while Let It Ride gave back $231,000.
Slot and table revenue in Laughlin, 2016
| Category | Win | Share | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $420.8M | 89.1% | +1.0% |
| Table, counter and card games | $51.7M | 10.9% | +2.1% |
Revenue by game in Laughlin, 2016
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 | $420.8M | 89.1% | +1.0% |
| Twenty One | $14.6M | 3.1% | +1.4% |
| OTHER GAMES & TABLES | $7.04M | 1.5% | +116.9% |
| Craps | $6.67M | 1.4% | +1.4% |
| 3-Card Poker | $5.59M | 1.2% | -0.4% |
| Roulette | $4.32M | 0.9% | +5.3% |
| Sports Pool | $2.96M | 0.6% | +6.8% |
| Card Games | $2.28M | 0.5% | -3.8% |
| Let It Ride | $2.13M | 0.5% | -9.8% |
| Bingo | $2.00M | 0.4% | +11.3% |
| Race Book | $1.68M | 0.4% | +8.9% |
| Keno | $1.39M | 0.3% | -0.8% |
| Pai Gow Poker | $1.04M | 0.2% | -0.1% |
Month by month, Laughlin 2016
| Month | Win | 2015 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $42.4M | $39.6M | +6.9% |
| February | $43.4M | $43.0M | +0.8% |
| March | $48.5M | $49.2M | -1.6% |
| April | $41.2M | $42.8M | -3.7% |
| May | $39.6M | $38.9M | +1.9% |
| June | $38.6M | $35.3M | +9.6% |
| July | $37.4M | $38.0M | -1.6% |
| August | $36.1M | $35.1M | +2.7% |
| September | $35.9M | $37.1M | -3.3% |
| October | $41.0M | $39.5M | +3.7% |
| November | $40.3M | $38.0M | +6.0% |
| December | $28.2M | $30.7M | -8.1% |
| Total 2016 | $472.4M | $467.3M | +1.1% |
March was the strongest month at $48.5 million.
Sports betting and race book detail, 2016
These rows break down the sports pool and race book figures already counted in the totals above. They sit inside the $472.4M, 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 | $1.69M | +10.3% |
| Football | $1.63M | +26.1% |
| Baseball | $589K | +117.3% |
| Basketball | $564K | -10.0% |
| Sports Parlay Cards | $195K | -4.9% |
| Sports Pari-Mutuel | $0 | — |
| Other - Sports | $-18K | -104.8% |
About Laughlin
Laughlin sits on the Colorado River at Nevada's southern tip, ninety miles from Las Vegas, and draws primarily from Arizona and Southern California drive-in traffic. It is a value-oriented, slot-heavy market with pronounced seasonality tied to river and weather conditions. Separate reporting begins in 2018.
Other Nevada markets in 2016
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.