The
American Gaming Association
The American Gaming Association (AGA) is a United States gambling industry association. It was founded in 1994 with the goal of promoting, educating and lobbying on behalf of the gambling industry through education and advocacy. The AGA's offices ...
lists Laughlin as #17 out of the top 20 US
Casino
A casino is a facility for certain types of gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos are also known for hosting live entertai ...
Markets by annual revenue, right behind the
Downtown
''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...
Las Vegas, NV area. The
Nevada Gaming Commission The Nevada Gaming Commission is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
In 1959, the Nevada Gaming Commission ("Commission") was created by the pass ...
revenue as listed in the annual gaming abstract for fiscal year 2008 (1 July 2007 through 31 June 2008).
Equivalent figures for Downtown are shown for comparison. Licenses in Laughlin are only reported in one group. All casinos make more than $1,000,000 in gaming revenue annually.
Revenue
Rooms
Gaming Licenses for Laughlin followed by rooms in resort (if applicable)
There are actually 11 casinos reported in the abstract, but one license is just
Edgewater Hotel & Casino
The Edgewater Hotel and Casino is a casino hotel on the banks of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada, owned and operated by Golden Entertainment.
Facilities
The hotel has 1,053 rooms divided between two towers: a large 26-story tower, Sedon ...
- Race & Sports and the
Regency Casino
A regent (from Latin : ruling, governing) is a person appointed to govern a state '' pro tempore'' (Latin: 'for the time being') because the monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge the powers and duties of the monarchy ...
in
Laughlin has only 75 slot machines and no hotel rooms, so averaging was done over 9 resorts. The
Avi Resort & Casino
Avi Resort & Casino is a hotel and casino located near the southern tip of Nevada on the banks of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada, next to Fort Mohave, Arizona. Within walking distance of the California and Arizona borders, it is owned by ...
is not included in the report because it is a
Native American casino
Native American gaming comprises casinos, bingo halls, and other gambling operations on Indian reservations or other tribal lands in the United States. Because these areas have tribal sovereignty, states have limited ability to forbid gambling th ...
and its operation is not governed by the
Nevada Gaming Commission The Nevada Gaming Commission is a Nevada state governmental agency involved in the regulation of casinos throughout the state, along with the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
In 1959, the Nevada Gaming Commission ("Commission") was created by the pass ...
.
References
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Laughlin, Nevada
Clark County, Nevada
Gambling in Nevada