Carson City and Carson Valley area casinos saw a slight decline in gaming revenue for December, while South Shore Lake Tahoe casinos had an impressive month, leading the state during the Christmas holiday period, Nevada Gaming Control Board figures show.
Carson City and Carson Valley area casinos pulled in $7,862,056 from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31 a decrease of 4.47 percent from December 2011 when casinos gaming revenues took in $8,230,093. The area surveyed includes Carson City, Gardnerville, Minden and all other areas of Douglas County except Stateline at Lake Tahoe.
South Shore Lake Tahoe casinos took in an impressive amount of gaming business over December and the Christmas holidays. From Dec. 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, casinos in the Stateline corridor took in $20,952,920, a 57 percent increase over gaming figures for the same period in 2011, according to the Gaming Control Board.
Statewide, Nevada's nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $943,303,871 for the month of December 2012, amounting to 10.24 increase compared to December 2011, when licensees reported a gaming win of $855,660,242. For the fiscal year (July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012), gaming win has increased 2.92 percent.
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