Nevada gaming win rises in July

CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada casinos won more than $931 million from gamblers in July, according to the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

The July numbers represent a 0.65 percent increase from July 2013.

Clark County casinos fared better. Clark County casinos won more than $800 million in July - an increase of 2.2 percent from last year. Casinos along the Las Vegas Strip and in Mesquite posted the best results.

Despite the positive numbers, the state collected less money in fees as a result of the July gaming win. Nevada collected more than 52 million in taxable revenue - a decline of 14.7 percent from 2013.

Cities Sell Ad Space on City Property

A growing number of cash-strapped U.S. cities are turning to selling advertising space on ever more city property to raise funds.


The New York Times reported. Baltimore, Md., has begun selling space on its fire engines, and cities in Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee have sold space on their manhole covers and fire hydrants to fast food restaurant KFC.


As the economic downturn forces city governments, school boards and transit systems to search for new sources of revenue, one Baltimore city council member explained the new ads were a way to avoid enacting new taxes. "We can’t tax people out of existence," council member William Welch said. "You have to create alternatives." 


Struggling transit systems are using similar tactics, the Times reported, with New York's adding a sponsored name to its signage at one subway station and Cleveland renaming its bus system after a sponsor.

SLOTS IN OHIO

The controversy is raging again. The Guv wants slots in Onio. He sez we'll take in 1 BILLION dollars in the next 14 months, even though, everywhere that has slots, the revenue is down from 6 to 20 percent.

He wants 15,250 machines at racetracks in Ohio.

Well, a machine, under ideal circumstances, on an average, takes in from $227 to $403 per day.

Why does he want slots. The economy is sagging, OH, where does that revenue come from, OH, the people living in the sagging economy, OH. I thought they were bankrolled by GOD, I didn't know the money came from the PEOPLE ......... the ones who are already strapped.

How much do the people who own the machines make? Well, I am sure they give it all to the state ............. OH, what does the lottery commission have to do with slot macchines ............ I thought they were formed to run the LOTTERY, wrong, same way, well the voters turned down slots, but the guv sez BS to you guys, we need the money.

I wonder how much "grease" has been passed, in the right places, to get this overturn.

Race tracks are losing money, so they invest BILLIONS in machines, to take money from the people who aren't showing up.

I don't believe all of the players are going to change their habits and drop their money in Ohio. At least they haven't in other States that were bordered by states that already had wagering.

Mohican Sun is down on revenue, Harrah's In Atlantic City, but all those people are going to come to Ohio and make us 1 BILLION in the next 14 months .....BS, BS, BS.

SO MUCH GOOD IS GOING TO COME OUT OF PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY.

This year, figure out how much you were going to lose in a casino, and to avoid a lot of other "stuff" .......... just send it in to the LOTTERY COMMISSION.

Then they can open the LIBRARIES again, and the parks ..... but ........ don't take any away from the POLITICIANS in Columbus, find another way. Start saving some money there.

ALL of the casinos in the country are DOWN, some really hurting ..... SSSSOOOOOO, lets bring gambling to OHIO ................ STUPID, STUPID, STUPID.....

I know what they make, I owned 6 slots years ago, and didn't have to pay the electric on them .... just a sheriff or policeman or two.