Las Vegas Strip casinos won $693.5 million from gamblers in September 2026, up about 0.8% year over year, according to figures from the Nevada Gaming Control Board that GamblingNews reports were released on Wednesday. Statewide gaming win was essentially flat at about $1.28 billion, a 0.05% decline per Yogonet and GamblingNews.
It was the 67th consecutive month in which Nevada's statewide win topped $1 billion.
Strip slot revenue reached $452.6 million, and the overall slot hold rate rose to 8.23% from 8.04% a year earlier. Table games and sports betting combined brought in $240.9 million, about 3% less than in September 2025.
The hold change is larger than it looks. Hold is the share of money wagered that the machines keep, so dividing $452.6 million by 8.23% puts Strip slot handle at roughly $5.5 billion for the month. At last September's 8.04% hold, that same handle would have produced about $442 million, some $10 million less. By our arithmetic from the board's figures, the Strip's entire year-over-year gain was about $5.5 million. The reported figures do not include last year's Strip slot handle, so this isolates the effect of hold alone rather than reconstructing September 2025.
Blackjack win fell to $94 million, down 6.3% per Yogonet and GamblingNews and 6% per Casino.org, and craps fell 25% to $32.6 million. Baccarat rose to $58.6 million, up 12% by Casino.org's count and 11.5% by Yogonet's, while roulette climbed 20% to $33.6 million.
We do not know whether the craps decline came from fewer dollars wagered or from a lower hold. Craps drop and hold figures would settle it, and the coverage we have does not include them.
Slot win rose 1.3% statewide to $948.9 million, while table-game win fell 3.6% to $333.7 million. Nevada collected $81.1 million in percentage fees in October based on September taxable revenue, down from $87 million a year earlier, or about 6.8%.
Outside the Strip, Downtown Las Vegas fell about 7.5% to roughly $82.5 million and Laughlin dropped 16.8% to $33.8 million, while North Las Vegas rose about 9.2% to $25.1 million, Elko County about 11.7% to $35.2 million and South Lake Tahoe 12.5% to $26.5 million.
Visitation was roughly 3.1 million, essentially flat, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, with hotel occupancy at 78.1% and convention attendance up 1.8%. Strip hotel RevPAR fell almost 7% to $139.51.
Casino.org and GamblingNews report Strip room rates down almost 11% to $185, whereas Yogonet reports the average daily rate down 6.3% to $178.63; the numbers appear to come from different measures and have not been reconciled.
According to Casino.org, Truist Securities analyst Barry Jonas said table game bets were down 5%. He also pointed to the calendar: the Labor Day weekend fell entirely within September 2026, with the holiday on 7 September, against 1 September in 2025, which shifted holiday nights between months. Yogonet quotes Citizens analyst Jordan Bender as saying Strip win came in slightly below expectations, with mass table revenue down 5%, and reports that baccarat hold rose to 9.74% from 8.37% despite a 4.1% drop in wagering volume. GamblingNews reports that JP Morgan analyst Daniel Politzer warned the Las Vegas recovery was losing momentum.
Casino.org puts the Strip's October 2025 win, the figure next month's results will be measured against, at $748.8 million.
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