Mesquite Gaming Revenue 2008
Mesquite produced $144.0 million in gaming win during 2008. That's down 12.0 percent from 2007, a drop of $19.7 million.
That ranks 9th among Nevada's ten reported sub-areas, and works out to 1.2% of the statewide total. This is a slot market first: machines account for 87.3% of win, tables for 12.7%. Slot machines fell further than any other game, giving back $16.8 million.
Slot and table revenue in Mesquite, 2008
| Category | Win | Share | Year over year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $125.7M | 87.3% | -11.8% |
| Table, counter and card games | $18.2M | 12.7% | -13.9% |
Revenue by game in Mesquite, 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 | $125.7M | 87.3% | -11.8% |
| Twenty One | $6.48M | 4.5% | -21.6% |
| Other - Table Games | $4.38M | 3.0% | +1.3% |
| Craps | $2.33M | 1.6% | -14.9% |
| Card Games | $1.45M | 1.0% | -2.4% |
| 3-Card Poker | $1.17M | 0.8% | -12.4% |
| Roulette | $1.17M | 0.8% | -2.8% |
| Sports Pool | $905K | 0.6% | -17.3% |
| Race Book | $192K | 0.1% | -49.5% |
| Pai Gow Poker | $150K | 0.1% | -56.5% |
Month by month, Mesquite 2008
| Month | Win | 2007 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $13.1M | $10.4M | +25.9% |
| February | $11.1M | $16.2M | -31.4% |
| March | $17.5M | $13.2M | +32.3% |
| April | $12.9M | $19.7M | -34.6% |
| May | $13.5M | $13.9M | -3.3% |
| June | $10.9M | $8.82M | +23.5% |
| July | $10.4M | $15.5M | -32.4% |
| August | $10.8M | $10.6M | +2.1% |
| September | $10.4M | $14.4M | -27.9% |
| October | $11.9M | $15.1M | -20.7% |
| November | $11.4M | $12.6M | -8.8% |
| December | $9.98M | $13.3M | -25.1% |
| Total 2008 | $144.0M | $163.7M | -12.0% |
March was the strongest month at $17.5 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 $144.0M, 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 | $306K | -35.3% |
| Basketball | $233K | -16.2% |
| Race Pari-Mutuel | $190K | -49.7% |
| Baseball | $160K | +23.1% |
| Sports Parlay Cards | $122K | -2.4% |
| Other - Sports | $82K | -11.8% |
| Sports Pari-Mutuel | $0 | — |
About Mesquite
Mesquite lies on Interstate 15 near the Arizona border, eighty miles northeast of Las Vegas. It serves drive-in visitors from Utah and Arizona alongside a resident retiree base, and pairs gaming with a substantial golf market. Separate reporting begins in 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.