The last couple of months hasn’t been the greatest for the world’s largest gambling destination Las Vegas. The month of September has an increased revenue due to the big baccarat play tournament and boxing tournament, this brought more people to the Las Vegas strip which in return means more gambling.
It is no secret that the land based gambling industry has been struggling for awhile due to online gambling. Tournaments and Las Vegas shows brings more people to the Las Vegas Strip which means that more people will eventually enter the casinos. This allowed for the Las Vegas Strip to gain an extra $561 million dollars in revenue. Downtown Las Vegas had a decrease in revenue, going down 2% from last year.
Reno which is the second largest gambling destination in the USA also had a decrease in revenue this month. They went down 2.3% from last year which is $48 Million dollars they have lost in profit. In terms of what games brought an increase in Revenue for Nevada is was table games. Players flocked to the poker tables, blackjack tables, roulette tables, baccarat tables and more to get their gambling fix.