Nevada Poker Report Feb. 2018: The Upward Trend Continues
February was a good month for live poker in Nevada. The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s latest revenue report shows a 1.44 percent year-over-year increase in poker revenue for the month, despite the number of poker rooms and poker tables continuing to decline.
Poker revenue for the month was $8,960,000, with the NGCB counting 64 poker rooms and 587 poker tables in February. In February 2017, the state’s 67 poker rooms boasted 600 tables and tallied $8,833,000 in revenue.
This trend is pretty impressive, Revenue increased even though the number of rooms decreased by nearly five percent, and tables by two percent.
Because of this, on a per table basis, February 2018 saw revenue rise by more than $500 compared to February 2017:
- February 2017 table average: $14,721
- February 2018 table average: $15,264
2018 live poker revenue in Nevada
12 month poker room and table trend
March 2017: 66 poker rooms and 596 poker tables
April 2017: 64 poker rooms and 586 poker tables
May 2017: 62 poker rooms and 724 poker tables
June 2017: 62 poker rooms and 731 poker tables
July 2017: 63 poker rooms and 724 poker tables
August 2017: 63 poker rooms and 603 poker tables
September 2017: 62 poker rooms and 598 poker tables
October 2017: 61 poker rooms and 572 poker tables
November 2017: 62 poker rooms and 580 poker tables
December 2017: 61 poker rooms and 562 poker tables
January 2018: 63 poker rooms and 568 poker tables
February 2018: 64 poker rooms and 587 poker tables
Poker in Clark County
The NGCB counted 39 poker rooms and 471 poker tables in Clark County in February, which includes the heavily trafficked and larger poker rooms from Las Vegas.
That’s a decline from a year ago when there were 40 poker rooms and 476 poker tables. It’s an increase over last month’s numbers when Clark County had 38 poker rooms and 453 poker tables.
Clark County can lay claim to 90 percent of the total poker market share in Nevada. In February, Clark County poker rooms accounted for $8,119,000 of the $8,960,000 poker dollars collected by the state’s card rooms.
Poker on the Las Vegas Strip
Poker revenue from the Strip’s poker rooms was $5,626,000 in February, even though the Strip only accounts for a fraction of the poker rooms and tables in the state, 18 and 276 respectively.
[i15-table tableid=20717][i15-table tableid=19346]Nevada poker rooms by the numbers
The largest poker rooms in Las Vegas are mainly found on the Las Vegas Strip:
Venetian (The Strip) – 37 poker tables
Bellagio (The Strip) – 37 poker tables
Orleans (Las Vegas off-strip)- 35 poker tables
Wynn (The Strip) – 28 poker tables
Aria (The Strip) – 24 poker tables
South Point Casino (Henderson) – 22 poker tables
Green Valley Ranch Casino (Henderson) – 22 poker tables
Red Rock Casino (Summerlin) – 20 tables
Historical data and trends of poker in Nevada
Here’s a look at several key poker metrics from the UNLV Center for Gaming Research, which has been tracking the number of poker rooms, tables and revenue since 1992:
Year | # of Rooms | # of Tables | Total Revenue | % Change YoY |
1992 | 92 | 564 | 74,701,000 | -2.57 |
1993 | 89 | 571 | 70,814,000 | -5.20 |
1994 | 93 | 586 | 71,667,000 | 1.20 |
1995 | 92 | 574 | 66,520,000 | -7.18 |
1996 | 82 | 539 | 64,485,000 | -3.06 |
1997 | 77 | 490 | 61,509,000 | -4.61 |
1998 | 76 | 526 | 58,873,000 | -4.29 |
1999 | 70 | 546 | 63,244,000 | 7.41 |
2000 | 68 | 473 | 63,064,000 | -0.28 |
2001 | 65 | 475 | 59,673,000 | -5.38 |
2002 | 57 | 386 | 57,791,000 | -3.15 |
2003 | 58 | 383 | 68,276,000 | 18.15 |
2004 | 79 | 484 | 98,862,000 | 44.80 |
2005 | 96 | 701 | 140,224,000 | 42.00 |
2006 | 106 | 886 | 160,929,000 | 14.77 |
2007 | 113 | 907 | 167,975,000 | 4.38 |
2008 | 113 | 913 | 155,724,000 | -7.29 |
2009 | 114 | 905 | 145,580,000 | -6.54 |
2010 | 109 | 920 | 135,200,000 | -7.13 |
2011 | 104 | 872 | 131,877,000 | -2.46 |
2012 | 99 | 809 | 123,253,000 | -6.54 |
2013 | 88 | 774 | 123,891,000 | 0.56 |
2014 | 79 | 736 | 119,904,000 | -3.18 |
2015 | 76 | 681 | 118,023,000 | -1.57 |
2016 | 73 | 661 | 117,753,000 | -0.18 |
2017 | 71 | 615 | 118,455,000 | 0.60 |