LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — July introduced a fortunate quantity seven to Nevada as casinos statewide posted their seventh-highest win of all time.
Casinos received $1.36 billion in July, up about 4% in comparison with July 2024, in response to figures launched Friday by the Nevada Gaming Management Board (NGCB).
Greater than half of that got here from the Las Vegas Strip, the place casinos received simply over $749 million, a 5.6% enchancment over final July.
An enormous statewide contributor to July’s on line casino efficiency: slot gamers. Nevada’s slot win was the second-highest of all time, falling simply behind December 2024. The sum of money gamblers wagered on slots was the sixth-highest of all time, in response to Shelley Newell, senior financial analyst for the Gaming Management Board.
“The trend we are seeing is that licensees are changing the mix of machines,” Newell stated. “For example, a number of licensees are changing some of their penny machines to multi-denomination (MD) machines as the MD machines have more games to offer patrons.”
Excessive-stakes baccarat generated $114.4 million, about 15% of the Strip’s complete win. That was a giant enchancment over final yr — about 79% greater.
For baccarat, “The State and Strip hold was much higher in July 2025 than in July 2024. Hold for the State in baccarat was 16.89% in July 2025 versus 9.69% in July 24. Hold for the Strip in baccarat was 17.46% compared to 8.79% last July,” Newell stated.
July’s optimistic numbers adopted a 3.5% enhance in June, when casinos broke a five-month stretch that did not reside as much as a excessive bar set in 2024, when tourism was using momentum from the return of System 1 and the primary Tremendous Bowl performed in Las Vegas.
The variety of guests to Las Vegas plunged once more in July, in response to the Las Vegas Conference and Guests Authority. On the heels of June’s 11% decline, guests had been down 12% in July in comparison with July 2024.
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The very best gaming win of all time got here in December 2024 with $1.461 billion, adopted by $1.439 billion in January 2025. Since then, Las Vegas tourism has suffered as journey slowed down throughout a seamless interval of financial uncertainty nationwide.
Friday’s NGCB report was full of gaudy comparisons to July 2024 and some notable exceptions:
Statewide win complete: $1.36 billion (+3.99% over July 2024)
Las Vegas Strip: $749.08 million (+5.60%)
Clark County complete: $1.15 million (+3.24%)
Downtown Las Vegas: $74.42 million (+3.59%)
North Las Vegas: $24.65 million (+7.78%)
Mesquite: $15.14 million (+9.89%)
Boulder Strip: $84.76 million -1.05%)
Steadiness of Clark County (locals casinos): $166.03 million (-3.00%)
Laughlin: $40.99 million (-7.14%)
As well as, South Lake Tahoe posted a 21.5% enhance with $37.69 million, and Reno was up 9.93% with $76.13 million. These are the best gaming wins ever for South Lake Tahoe and Reno.
The Carson Metropolis space was up 8.85% with $12.39 million.
Nevada sportsbooks received $37.8 million in July, up 46.7% in comparison with July 2024 on a maintain share of 9.02% in comparison with 6.86% final yr, Newell stated.
“So the hold also contributed to the good numbers for July 2025 for Sports. Sportsbook wagers totaled $419.4 million, up 11.6% or $43.7 million compared to last July when $375.7 million was wagered statewide. Mobile wagers totaled $317.0 million, up 24.7% or $62.7 million, and accounted for 75.6% of all wagers,” Newell stated.
