A lot is going to depend on the win percentage and who is lucky, the players or the casinos. |
Even more surprising was the amount (played on baccarat), $426 million, up 107 percent over last year. |
It's difficult to make predictions, but it seems we're on the same growth pace. |
It's just the timing of cashing out winning tickets. |
Ours are more regularly scheduled type entertainment. Theirs would be more special-event oriented. |
Room rates were up, plus there were 4,000 more rooms available. That impacted room revenues during the fiscal year. |
That really doesn't mean too much because the revenues have grown as have the number of tables. A slight drop in average per win per table really shouldn't signal any alarms. |
The numbers were better than we expected. We knew we were comparing against a strong August last year, up 11.2 percent, and we knew having one less Saturday in the month would have an effect. |
The opening of the first new resort on the Las Vegas Strip in five years obviously had an impact. |
There is much more happening in March, and we usually expect a bit of a lull in April. April was a monthly record despite a tough comparison from last year, which was a very strong month. |
We're not seeing any downturn in the gaming industry, and it should continue to grow. We're seeing tremendous growth statewide. Every month in 2005 was a record month. |
Weather wasn't an issue and the Super Bowl weekend was a huge boost to the state. |