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.

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

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