Nevada casinos reported $1.27 billion in gaming win in August 2026, up 3.14% from a year earlier, even as Las Vegas recorded another decline in visitor numbers.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board said nonrestricted gaming licensees generated $1,266,105,114 during the month, compared with $1,227,573,173 in August 2025. Gaming win refers to the amount won by casinos with more than 15 slot machines from slots, table games and sports betting.
Southern Nevada accounted for nearly 84% of the statewide total, with Clark County reporting $1.06 billion in gaming win, up 2.8%. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, meanwhile, said Las Vegas received 3 million visitors in August, down 4.3% from a year earlier. Officials attributed part of the decline to the Labor Day holiday weekend falling mostly in September this year, compared with August in 2025.
Hotel occupancy fell 3.4 percentage points to 74.1%, while the average daily room rate declined 7.4% to $150.32. For the first eight months of 2026, occupancy was flat at 80.4%, while room rates rose 1.9% to $183.60 a night.Convention attendance increased during the month.
“Convention attendance saw a 6 percent year-over-year increase, in part benefiting from scheduling differences, including the CHAMPS trade show (a 27-year-old business-to-business counterculture event) with 24,000 attendees that moved to August this year from July last year,” LVCVA research director Kevin Bagger said.
Gaming results varied across Nevada. Las Vegas Strip revenue rose 0.7% to $684.1 million, while downtown Las Vegas fell 3% to $61.5 million. Boulder Strip properties posted a 17.4% increase to $83.2 million, Laughlin rose 9.9% to $39.9 million and Mesquite declined 1.3% to $15.6 million.
Reno recorded a 15.7% increase to $79.4 million, while South Lake Tahoe, Elko County and the Carson Valley Area all posted declines. Nevada Gaming Control Board senior economic analyst Shelley Newell said downtown Las Vegas operators had reported lower foot traffic and reduced slot and table-game volume, while higher slot machine hold benefited Boulder Strip casinos.
“Nevada continued to record gaming win amounts in excess of pre-pandemic levels this month,” Newell said. “Statewide total win was 32.8 percent or $312.4 million over August 2019. And August 2026 represents the 66th consecutive month that the state has recorded $1 billion in monthly gaming win.”
For the first two months of the 2026-27 fiscal year, statewide gaming win rose 2.58%. The Strip was up 2.2%, downtown Las Vegas fell 6% and the Boulder Strip increased 6.6%.
The state collected $72.6 million in percentage fees during September based on August gaming revenue, down 5.98% from a year earlier. Fiscal-year collections through Sept. 21 totaled $256.8 million, down 1.31%, excluding $1.83 million in transferable tax credits.