Michael Lawton, senior economic analyst at the Gaming Control Board told Forbes: “ We were down this month, yet I don’t see any softness-it was down slightly against the all-time high. While this year’s numbers are down a little over 3% from the record they are still nearly 30% higher than they wherein July 2019 before the world health emergency. Last July saw a one-month all-time record of $1.35 billion. That strong July gave Nevada its 17th consecutive month of revenues in excess of a billion dollars. Nevada on the other hand posted its 4th highest monthly revenue figure ever for July at $1.31 billion with the month producing the second highest month in history for Strip casinos. However, with a host of government-induced style cramps already pulling strength from the previous revenue heavyweight, the former Portuguese enclave suffered from another Covid outbreak and government response recently giving the island its worst July in history revenue-wise at just $49.2m – a 95% drop.

That’s not to say that Macau will never lead the world in casino revenue again.

Nevada continues to hold onto its spot at the center of the land-based gambling universe with record-breaking revenue, reinvestment, and expansion.

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