A state Gaming Control Board report shows that the win, driven by losses by high-stakes baccarat players in Las Vegas Strip megaresorts, gave the clubs a statewide gain of nearly 10 percent over the same month a year earlier.
The $1.16 billion win eclipses the previous month-over-month record of $1.15 billion set in July.
Las Vegas-area casino action accounted for $1 billion of the total, and marked the first time the southern Nevada resorts hit that level.
But the southern Nevada gains didn’t extend to the Reno-Tahoe area in northern Nevada.
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