LAS VEGAS (AP) - State regulators say gambling revenue at Nevada casinos was down almost 4.5 percent in February compared with the same month a year ago.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said Tuesday casinos won $945.6 million from gamblers last month.
More than half of that was on the Las Vegas Strip, $542 million, where winnings declined nearly 5 percent compared with February 2016.
Gambling revenue at casinos in downtown Las Vegas grew 2.2 percent, bringing in $51.7 million. But winnings shrank in Reno, down 6.7 percent to $45 million, and at Stateline on the south shore of Lake Tahoe, down 6.9 percent to $15 million.
The state benefited with almost $52 million in percentage fees based on the taxable revenues generated in February. That’s up nearly 2.9 percent from a year earlier.
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