The largest single source of revenue was slot machines, which accounted for US$699.1m of the total, an 0.8% improvement on the prior year, with table, counter and card games revenue (including race and sports betting) falling 12.6% to US$322.8m.
However, sports betting handle once again surpassed that of New Jersey in October according to the figures from the Nevada Gaming Commission. Customers staked US$543.5m on sports, which with a hold of 8.81%, generated revenue of US$47.9m, a 61.7% year-on-year increase.
This was driven by a strong performance from betting on football, which saw player stakes increase to US$355.7m. Revenue from football betting soared 131.6% to US$26.2m, leaving it far ahead of the second largest source of revenue, baseball, which generated US$11.5m.
Sports betting was the third largest source of revenue among the table, counter and card games segment for the month.
On the Las Vegas Strip, revenue was down 9.3% at US$538.5m, with a marginal increase in slot revenue falling to offset table, counter and card games’ contribution falling to US$233.6m. Slots’ contribution rose 1.6% to US$304.9m for the month.
Source: iGB North America
