Nevada casinos generated a record $15.61 billion in gaming revenue in 2024, the Nevada Gaming Control Board reported. The total rose 0.6% from 2023, despite a 1% decline on the Las Vegas Strip to $8.8 billion. December revenue reached $1.46 billion, up 2% year on year.
The state and regional figures show operators where Nevada gaming revenue grew or declined in 2024.
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Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mike Dreitzer said on a podcast that prediction market operators such as Kalshi are running illegal sportsbooks, and that Nevada has no fallback plan if the Supreme Court sides with them. He urged tribes and licensees to hold firm, even though several tribes have partnered with Kalshi this month. The comments followed a CFTC interim rule of 9 October excluding casino-style gambling products from the definition of a swap, alongside a proposed rule covering event contracts.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board's pending regulation page lists proposed revisions to Technical Standards 3 and 5 through 13, aimed at modernising and consolidating requirements for associated equipment systems. These cover slots, kiosks, interactive gaming, race and sports, parimutuel, keno, bingo and other areas, with drafts dated June to August 2026. The page also lists NGC regulations identified for review under Executive Order 2026-003, with the Board recommending a list on 7 October 2026 and a Gaming Commission meeting set for 22 October 2026.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board's pending regulation page lists proposed revisions to Technical Standards 3 and 5 through 13, intended to modernise and consolidate requirements for associated equipment systems. The page also lists Nevada Gaming Commission regulations identified for consideration under Executive Order 2026-003, with a Board-recommended list dated 7 October 2026.
Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mike Dreitzer said he expected the CFTC’s move. The agency proposed defining event contracts as swaps while excluding casino-style gambling, including sportsbook wagers and casino games. Dreitzer said sports event contracts and online sportsbook bets are the same, while Kalshi filed for a rehearing after losing a unanimous ruling against Ohio and Tennessee regulators.
Nevada's chief gaming regulator said he expected the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to push ahead with its prediction-market overhaul. Mike Dreitzer, who chairs the Nevada Gaming Control Board, told the Indian Gaming Association's weekly webinar on Wednesday that the agency has been acting in concert with designated contract markets. He called the line the CFTC draws between event contracts and sportsbook wagers "an untenable distinction without a difference." The commission released two proposals late last Friday, one of which would classify event contracts as swaps under federal law and bar traditional gambling.
Nevada Gaming Control Board chairman Mike Dreitzer and Indian Gaming Association executive director Jason Giles questioned prediction-market companies’ claims that their sports-event contracts are innovative. Dreitzer said companies must obtain a Nevada licence and argued that allowing 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds to wager in states where it violates penal codes is not innovation. Attorney Scott Crowell said the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act governs activity on Indian lands; Alabama-Quassarte Chief Samuel Marshall Jr. denied a partnership announced on October 7.
Nevada Gaming Control Board chairman Mike Dreitzer and Indian Gaming Association executive director Jason Giles disputed claims by prediction-market companies that their sports-event contracts are innovative, speaking on the IGA's weekly New Normal webinar on Wednesday. Dreitzer said companies seeking to operate in Nevada must first obtain a licence, and said that allowing 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds to wager in states where doing so violates penal codes is not innovation.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board says Regulation 6.090 requires Group I licensees to establish administrative and accounting procedures covering gaming taxes, fees and internal fiscal controls. Its minimum internal control standards set minimum requirements for gaming operations; the page also lists related filing instructions and documents.