According to a report released by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the state’s 452 major casinos won USD 1.427 billion for March 2026, an 11.8 percent increase over a year ago and just under the record USD 1.433 billion won in December 2023.
The board also reported Las Vegas Strip win was up 14.4 percent to USD 780 million and downtown Las Vegas climbed 20.8 percent to USD 103.1 million. For the fiscal year, July 1st, 2025 through March 31st, 2026, gaming win has increased 1.98%.
During the month, gaming volume, win and hold percentage had a rare trifecta of increases in baccarat, table and card games, slot machines and, except for volume, sports wagering.
Table, counter and card games win hit USD 457.1 million, a 27.9 percent increase from March 2025, or USD 99.7 million. Games drop of USD 3.1 billion increased 3.8 percent, or USD 115.7 million, and the games hold percentage was 14.5 percent versus 11.8 percent last year.
Baccarat win of USD 154.1 million more than doubled (105.13 percent or USD 79 million). Baccarat drop of USD 786.6 million increased 43.8 percent, or USD 239.6 million, and the game’s hold percentage was 19.59 percent compared with 13.74 percent last year. Slot win of USD 969.8 million increased 5.5 percent or USD 50.6 million and coin-in of USD 13.3 billion was up USD 324.2 million or 2.5 percent.
About Nevada sportsbooks, they won USD 46 million, up 107 percent or USD 23.8 million compared with March 2025 on a hold percentage of 6 percent versus about 2.6 percent last year. Sportsbook wagers totaled USD 763 million, down 11.3 percent compared with last March when USD 860.6 million was wagered statewide. Mobile wagers totaled USD 550.4 million, down 10.1 percent or USD 61.9 million, and accounted for 72.1 percent of all wagers.
While none of the win statistics hit record highs in March, several of the amounts were close to record territory. The statewide slot win was the second highest in history and overall gaming win was fifth best ever. Win from slot machines on the Strip were seventh best ever. Overall Strip win ranked 12th and statewide table game win and Strip table game wins were No. 17.
The high gaming win translated into higher gaming tax collections for the state, which go to Nevada’s general fund. Based on collections through April 22, 2026, 10 months of gaming tax collections now total USD 868.8 million, up just over 3 percent from the amount collected in the 2024-25 fiscal year.