Nevada Craps Win Rises 4.6% As Hold Climbs To 18.88%

Nevada Craps Win Rises 4.6% As Hold Climbs To 18.88%

Nevada casinos won $39.4 million at craps in August, up 4.63% from a year earlier, on 314 tables at 90 locations. Hold rose to 18.88% from 15.42% a year earlier, and buy-ins fell about 14%, so the gain came from hold, not volume. Las Vegas Strip craps win rose 7.42% to $28.2 million at a … Read more

Nevada Craps Win Climbs 6.6% In July As Hold Hits 16.6%

Nevada Craps Win Climbs 6.6% In July As Hold Hits 16.6%

Nevada casinos won $43.4 million on craps tables in July, up 6.6% from a year earlier. The statewide craps hold reached 16.6% for the month, above the game’s trailing three-month and twelve-month averages. Las Vegas Strip casinos took in $31.7 million on craps, a 10.5% jump that beat the Strip’s overall table-game gain. Twelve-month craps … Read more

Station Casinos Tests Apple Pay Funding At The Machine

Station Casinos Tests Apple Pay Funding At The Machine

Station Casinos is trialing Adostics’ TrustedTap at the bars inside Durango, every Seventy Six tavern and Wildfire Anthem. Players tap Apple Pay with a stored debit card at the machine, with no casino app, account or player card. Leftover balances still print as standard ticket-in, ticket-out vouchers, and full Nevada Gaming Control Board approval is … Read more

Bonus Craps Edge Can Hit 18.3% As Evolution Exits Galaxy

Bonus Craps Edge Can Hit 18.3% As Evolution Exits Galaxy

Evolution gave notice of termination Tuesday and will pay Galaxy Gaming a $5,234,678 break fee. Two gaming regulatory approvals required to close were never obtained, and Evolution did not waive them. Nevada’s seven approved paytables put the All Small and All Tall edge between 10.4% and 18.3%. Make ‘Em All runs a 10.1% to 20.6% … Read more