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Nevada casinos brought in $1.3B in gaming revenue last month

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino reflects the last sunlight of the day along the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.
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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino reflects the last sunlight of the day along the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada.

Casino revenues keep going up in Nevada. Gaming operators reported a nearly 3% increase in wins over last year.

The latest numbers from the state gaming commission show casinos brought in more than $1.3 billion in October.

It also marks the 32nd straight month that casinos in Nevada have surpassed more than $1 billion in gaming revenue.

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Overall, casinos in Clark County saw their profits grow at roughly the same rate as the state. However, gaming businesses on the Boulder Strip saw an increase of more than 10%. Operators in Northern Nevada did not fare so well, with casinos in Sparks losing upwards of 7% of their take.

The state will collect a little more than $83 million in tax revenue from those wins.

Joe Schoenmann joined Nevada Public Radio in 2014. He works with a talented team of producers at State of Nevada who explore the casino industry, sports, politics, public health and everything in between.