Tahoe gaming revenue plummets 77 percent in September due to Caldor Fire, up nearly 8 percent in Carson City
Casinos in Carson City, Gardnerville, Minden and all other areas of Douglas County except for south shore Lake Tahoe had a combined "gaming win" of $10,638,019 for the month compared to $9,871,060 in September 2020.
Elsewhere, wildfires around the Lake Tahoe area, which forced the evacuation of the city of South Lake Tahoe in California and some of the casino core on the Nevada side, saw its "gaming win" numbers dramatically fall.
In the last days of August, Caldor Fire evacuations took place in the south shore Lake Tahoe area, and some areas of Stateline and later, the casino corridor. Highway 50 was closed August 20 and remained closed for more than two weeks due to the fire, opening back up Sept. 21.
In September, casinos in the Stateline corridor saw revenue plummet 77.24 percent, taking in $5,643,377 for the month, compared to $24,796,199 in September 2020. North Lake Tahoe casinos saw a gaming revenue decline of 11.06 percent.
Meanwhile, casinos in Reno, Sparks, and other areas of Washoe County saw gaming related revenue in the positive, with Sparks climbing 23.11 percent, Reno, 12.99 percent, and the county, 28.34 percent.
Nevada’s nonrestricted gaming licensees reported a total “gaming win” of $1,158,168,180 for the month of September 2021, a 41.07 percent increase compared to September 2020, when licensees reported a gaming win of $820,980,906.
For the fiscal year — July 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021— gaming win has increased 58.71 percent.
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Nevada Gaming Revenue in September via Nevada Gaming Control Board by Carson Now on Scribd