- Craps revenue on the Las Vegas Strip jumped 62 percent year over year to $24.3 million in April 2026, the standout among Strip table games.
- The surge came inside a record April for Nevada, with statewide gaming win of nearly $1.3 billion, up 5.29 percent over April 2025.
- The Strip won $689.4 million, up 6.58 percent and its third straight month of year-over-year gains, even as Las Vegas visitor volume fell about 1.8 percent.
- Much of the record was driven by table hold rather than more betting, so a one-month craps spike on a small base should be read with caution.
- The April result reverses a long stretch in which craps had been losing ground to baccarat and slots.
LAS VEGAS – On the Las Vegas Strip, where craps has spent years quietly losing ground to baccarat and slot machines, the dice game just had a month worth noticing. Las Vegas craps revenue climbed 62 percent year over year in April 2026, the strongest showing among Strip table games and a sharp turn from a long decline.
A Record April for Nevada
The craps gain landed inside a banner month for the state. The Nevada Gaming Control Board reported statewide gaming win of nearly $1.3 billion in April, up 5.29 percent from April 2025 and the strongest April on record. The Strip carried the result with $689.4 million in win, a 6.58 percent increase and its third consecutive month of year-over-year growth. The gains came even as Las Vegas visitor volume slipped about 1.8 percent to roughly 3.28 million, a sign that casinos earned more from fewer people.
Las Vegas Craps Revenue Leads the Pit
Within the Strip’s table games, which rose 8.9 percent to $282 million, legal craps was the clear standout. Las Vegas craps revenue reached $24.3 million, a 62 percent jump from a year earlier, outpacing blackjack, which rose 6 percent to $53.4 million. After years in which craps tables had been thinning on casino floors, a month like this is a reminder that the game still draws a crowd when the dice run hot.
Why the Surge Comes With an Asterisk
The honest reading of April is that much of the strength was hold rather than volume. Across the Strip, table drop fell 4 percent and baccarat drop was down 2 percent, while slot handle rose 5 percent. Baccarat, the month’s real engine, makes the point. Its revenue rose on a hold of 16.5 percent, up from 14 percent a year earlier, even though players bet less. The board’s senior analyst said that at a normalized hold the statewide increase would have been a more modest 4.8 percent. The same caution applies to craps. A 62 percent jump on a base of $24.3 million can be inflated or erased by a handful of hot or cold nights, so the rebound is real but not yet a trend.
From Losing Ground to a Comeback Month
The reversal is what makes April stand out. For decades craps has been shrinking as a share of Nevada and Strip table play, ceding floor space and revenue to baccarat and slots. Figures kept by the UNLV Center for Gaming Research track that long slide in craps revenue and unit share back to the 1980s. Set against that backdrop, a 62 percent April is a genuine bright spot, even if one month cannot undo a long trend.
Players who want the current picture can see where the game stands in our guide to legal craps in Nevada.
A Comeback Worth Watching, and Playing Carefully
Whether craps can keep the momentum will not be clear until the summer figures arrive and hold percentages settle. For players, a hold-driven month cuts both ways, because the house edge that powered April is the same edge that grinds against bettors over time. Anyone heading to the tables should set a budget and treat craps as entertainment.