Nevada casinos down 2% from last May, continuing string in 2025

Nevada casinos down 2% from last May, continuing string in 2025

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada casinos won $1.29 billion from gamblers in May, continuing a string of down months. The state gaming win came in about 2% below levels from May 2024, according to figures released Friday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. In Las Vegas, Strip casinos won $713.8 million, about 3.9% below May 2024's $742.5 million. which stands as the best May on record. Overall, last May was Nevada's 10th best month ever. 8 News Now has …

For this Persian Jewish casino magnate in Nevada, Israel is part of the deal

RENO, NEVADA — For John Farahi, a proud Persian Jew and chief executive of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, the casino business is about more than generating profit for his shareholders — it’s also about promoting Israel and Jewish values in this corner of the American West. In recent weeks, Farahi, who was born in Tehran, has grown frustrated with commentators who claim that Israel is at war with Iran. “It is not Israel at war with Iran. Israel …