With convention attendance about double what it was a year ago, the city appears to have turned the corner on visitation with 3.5 million people here in July.
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Increases were shown in May in visitor volume, convention attendance, airport passenger traffic, room rates and gaming win for the month, according to the LVCVA report.
Special events continued to propel visitors to Las Vegas gambling at record paces in May. A boxing title fight, Electric Daisy Carnival and two big concerts drew players.
Records continue to fall for the amount of money casinos won from players with another month in excess of $1 billion with the Strip making a strong contribution.
While not as impressive as July’s record performance, state gaming win surpassed $1 billion for the sixth straight month in August.
Everi Holdings Inc. and Scientific Games Corp. are on the verge of commercializing digital wallet products that could bring cashless gaming solutions to Nevada casinos.