Las Vegas Casinos Payback Percentage

Las Vegas is considered as the casino capital of the world because of the sheer number of casinos located in the area.

Las Vegas has more hotel rooms - 132,000 - than any other city in the U.S. and it attracts more than 39 million visitors each year.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board does not break down its slot statistics by individual properties. Rather, they are classified by area.

The annual gaming revenue report breaks the Las Vegas market down into two major tourist areas: the Strip and downtown. There is also a very large locals market in Las Vegas and those casinos are shown in the gaming revenue report as the Boulder Strip and North Las Vegas areas.

When choosing where to do your slot gambling, you may want to keep in mind the following slot payback percentages for Nevada's fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 and ending June 30, 2007:

1¢ Slot Machines
The Strip - 88.80%
Downtown - 89.21%
Boulder Strip - 89.86%
N. Las Vegas - 90.25%

5¢ Slot Machines
The Strip - 88.79%
Downtown - 91.30%
Boulder Strip - 94.44%
N. Las Vegas - 94.07%

25¢ Slot Machines
The Strip - 91.36%
Downtown - 94.60%
Boulder Strip - 96.40%
N. Las Vegas - 96.14%

$1 Slot Machines
The Strip - 93.56%
Downtown -95.31%
Boulder Strip - 96.26%
N. Las Vegas - 96.89%

$1 Megabucks Machines
The Strip - 88.02%
Downtown - 88.08%
Boulder Strip - 88.03%
N. Las Vegas - 87.07%

$5 Slot Machines
The Strip - 94.60%
Downtown - 94.51%
Boulder Strip - 95.89%
N. Las Vegas - 96.83%

$25 Slot Machines
The Strip - 96.50%
Downtown - 97.80%
Boulder Strip - 93.81%
N. Las Vegas - N/A

All Slot Machines
The Strip - 93.19%
Downtown - 93.59%
Boulder Strip - 94.85%
N. Las Vegas - 94.50%

Returns even better than the downtown casinos can be found at some of the other locals casinos along Boulder Highway such as Boulder Station and Sam's Town and also in the North Las Vegas area which would include the Fiesta, Santa Fe and Texas Station casinos. Not only are those numbers among the best returns in the Las Vegas area, they are among the best payback percentages for anywhere in the United States.

This information is pretty well known by the locals and that's why many of them do their slot gambling away from the Strip unless they are drawn by a special slot club benefit or promotion.

All Las Vegas casinos are open 24 hours and offer: Slots, Video Poker, Blackjack, Craps, and roulette.

Some casinos also offer: Spanish 21, Baccarat, Mini-baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Caribbean Stud Poker, Let It Ride, three-card poker, Sic Bo, Keno, Big 6 Wheel and Bingo.

Las Vegas' minimum gambling age is 21.

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