Laughlin Gaming Revenue 2021
Laughlin casinos won $486.1 million in 2021. That's up 32.3 percent on 2020, a gain of $118.7 million.
That ranks 5th among Nevada's ten reported sub-areas, and works out to 3.6% of the statewide total. This is a slot market first: machines account for 91.0% of win, tables for 9.0%. Slot machines gained the most in dollar terms, adding $108.9 million, while Keno gave back $253,000.
Slot and table revenue in Laughlin, 2021
| Category | Win | Share | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $442.1M | 91.0% | +32.7% |
| Table, counter and card games | $43.9M | 9.0% | +28.5% |
Revenue by game in Laughlin, 2021
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 | $442.1M | 91.0% | +32.7% |
| Twenty One | $11.2M | 2.3% | +19.0% |
| Other - Table Games | $9.05M | 1.9% | +34.1% |
| Craps | $5.85M | 1.2% | +36.4% |
| Sports Pool | $4.34M | 0.9% | +41.3% |
| Roulette | $4.32M | 0.9% | +38.4% |
| Ultim Texas Hold'em | $3.42M | 0.7% | +44.9% |
| 3-Card Poker | $3.04M | 0.6% | +12.2% |
| Let It Ride | $1.19M | 0.2% | +28.2% |
| Race Book | $1.01M | 0.2% | +26.3% |
| Pai Gow Poker | $442K | 0.1% | +7.8% |
| Keno | $120K | 0.0% | -67.8% |
Month by month, Laughlin 2021
| Month | Win | 2020 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $33.5M | $46.9M | -28.6% |
| February | $32.8M | $47.4M | -30.8% |
| March | $47.8M | $30.6M | +55.8% |
| April | $45.5M | $0 | — |
| May | $48.1M | $0 | — |
| June | $42.7M | $33.7M | +26.8% |
| July | $42.8M | $36.4M | +17.8% |
| August | $41.1M | $35.1M | +17.0% |
| September | $37.3M | $38.8M | -3.8% |
| October | $41.1M | $38.6M | +6.7% |
| November | $43.3M | $33.4M | +30.0% |
| December | $29.9M | $26.5M | +12.8% |
| Total 2021 | $486.1M | $367.4M | +32.3% |
May was the strongest month at $48.1 million.
Sports betting and race book detail, 2021
These rows break down the sports pool and race book figures already counted in the totals above. They sit inside the $486.1M, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sports - Football | $1.82M | +11.5% |
| Sports - Basketball | $1.20M | +260.8% |
| Race Book Parimutuel | $943K | +21.7% |
| Sports - Baseball | $612K | +56.5% |
| Sports Parlay Cards | $277K | -6.7% |
| Other - Sports | $249K | -7.1% |
| Sports - Hockey | $192K | +26.3% |
| Sports - Mobile | $0 | -100.0% |
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 2021
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.