Nevada casinos win $823m in October; sports betting handle sets new record

November 24, 2020
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Nevada casino earned $823m of revenue in October, a slight improvement from the prior month but still down 20% year-on-year.

In September casinos brought in $821m, a decline of 22%.

Clark County casinos saw win grow to $672m for the month, a 24% y-o-y decline but up $5m from September.

Las Vegas Strip won $376m, down 30%. Though the Strip is still underperforming, y-o-y percentage decline improved greatly from September, when win fell 39% to $355m.

Downtown Las Vegas was down 23% to $58m.

Washoe County, home of Reno, fared better than its southern Nevada counterparts with win of $78m for a 6% y-o-y improvement.

Across the state, most table and card games were down double digits but baccarat netted a 5% y-o-y improvement with win of $59m.

Sportsbooks set a new handle record of $660m in October, smashing the previous high of $615m. Handle was up 22% from a year ago but sports betting revenue fell 12% to $42m.

Mobile accounted for 57%, or $337m, of all sports wagers. Hold was 6.43%, down 8.81% a year ago.

Football accounted for $441m of the monthly handle. The gridiron gave sportsbooks $33m in win for a hold of 7.39%. That’s a three percent jump from last October.

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