Mayweather v. McGregor drives Nevada sportsbook record

Nevada casino sportsbooks saw revenue jump 1,651% in August thanks to enormous hype over the Mayweather-McGregor boxing match.

Figures released Friday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board show the state’s casino operators generated revenue of $$989.5m in August, a hefty 14.9% increase over the same month last year but slightly less than the $998m the casino earned in July 2017.

The state’s slot machines were humming happily in August, with revenue rising 5% to $624.7m. The casino’s two top table games were even more buoyant, with blackjack rising 33.6% year-on-year to $108.5m, while baccarat jumped 37.9% to $101.5m.

In fact, all of the state’s table games were in positive territory, with most of them enjoying double-digit gains, except three-card poker, which dipped 5% to $11.5m. This is a 180° turnaround from July’s results, in which only craps showed signs of growth.