It used to be a thing when Nevada casinos eclipsed the $1 billion mark in a single month. Not anymore. Pedestrians walk the Las Vegas Strip with Paris in the background in February of 2022. Nevada casinos won more than $1 billion last month, which extends the state’s billion-dollar winning streak to 12 months. (Image: Gross gaming revenue (GGR) from Nevada casinos, sports betting, and online poker totaled more than $1.113 billion in February of 2022. It marks the 12th consecutive month that the state gaming industry has eclipsed the 10-digit mark.
$1 billion monthly wins were once greatly celebrated. But with inflation soaring, those days are seemingly gone.
Between 2008 until the spring of 2018, Nevada didn’t report even three consecutive months of $1 billion or more in monthly gaming revenue. The state has incurred some $1B+ runs since, but nothing like the current one.
Nevada casinos topped $1 billion seven times in 2019 prior. But in wake of the global pandemic that kept most everyone home and their travel greatly limited for much of 2020, pent-up demand fueled gaming in Southern Nevada last year and the run has continued into 2022 .
February 2022’s GGR haul is a 44% year-over-year gain from February 2021 when the casinos won $772.4 million. Last month was also nearly 7% better than February 2020 and 10% better than February 2019. Slowdown Could Be Coming
Twelve consecutive months of at least $1 billion in gaming revenue is a most notable achievement, but some say casinos might be smart to expect a business slowdown in the coming months.
Michael Lawton, senior research analyst at the Nevada Gaming Control Board, says the pent-up demand that has caused a new Roaring 20s might last throughout 2022. But he says other influences, such as inflation and costly gas prices, could hurt the overall gaming industry ahead. Our comparisons are going to become extremely difficult in the upcoming months and we are optimistic that this level of gaming win will continue,” Lawton said. “However, there are a great deal of macro-economic and geo-political events that are happening in real time which […]
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