根据内华达州博彩管制局周五2012.1.6发布的数据显示：内华达州赌场业过去一个财年从赌徒身上的盈利达到了一个历史最低点,但是在餐饮业取得的收入却达到了历史最高点。这个数字支持了最近几个月的说法：州赌博产业正在逐步从经济衰退的深渊中挣脱，但并没有大的起色。
管制局资深分析师迈克.劳顿表示“从大局看，收入在增长，但是这种增长是不是与之前有所不同呢?你能够发现消费方式的转变以及由此发生的更多变化。”博彩经营使得内华达州在餐饮业方面的收入高达34.1%，但博彩业本身的收入仅占全州财政收入的46.2%，是历史最低水平，在1994年的历史最高水平它曾经站到60%。
收入的转变起始于1989年，并在上个世纪90年代的经济建设热潮中进一步加速。米高梅大酒店、Bellagio酒店、威尼斯人酒店和巴黎大酒店等等高端饭店、夜总会均是在90年代末期入驻拉斯维加斯的，专场秀的票价达到100美元每人。
拉斯维加斯的内华达大学博彩研究中心主任戴维.施瓦茨教授说："这是一种持续性的发展趋势，越来越多的游客在赌博方面投入更少了，赌场不得不调整其盈利模式"。 施瓦茨关于游客增长的评论为拉斯维加斯会议和观光局所支持。虽然2011年游客总数还没有发布，但是拉斯维加斯会议和观光局表示南内华达州有近40万的游客，总数很可能会超过2007年39.2万的纪录。
与此同时，全州各地256家赌场在实现22亿美元的收入后报亏3.9亿美元，毛收益率与2007年相比下降13%，但比2010年增长了5.6%。
克拉克现的41家赌场总收入14.5亿美元，占全州博彩收入的66%。酒店客房消费比2007年下降15%，但饮料消费比过去一年上升10%达到1.5亿美元，比2007年增长7%。劳顿表示"2011年客房入住率有2010年的88.4%上升到89.1%，平均房费由2010年的112美元增长为120美元，人们只是把更多的钱花在其它方面。
总体上看，截止2011年6月30日，41家赌场总收入相比上一个财年增长9.3%。但是公布的亏损数字仍然达到2.2亿美元，这已经是连续第三个亏损年。不过亏损已经低于2010年的2.5亿美元亏损。总收入比上一财年的13.2亿美元也有所增长，是自2007年以来首次出现的增长。但是赌场设备折旧、高额的银行利息以及其他行政管理支出费用还是造成了亏损。
克拉克的41家赌场同时也是造成州博彩业亏损的一个主要因素，2011年全年他们登记的1.3亿美元净亏损归因于更高的行政费用。其中16家位于市中心拉斯维加斯的赌场亏损59.9万元，而博尔德的 31家俱乐部亏损403 万元。
其他的地方：
劳克林的9家赌场公布损失65.5万美元。
瓦肖县赌场公布亏损44.5 万元。
沿太浩湖南岸的赌场亏损24.7 万元。
埃尔克县，因为其蓬勃发展的采矿业，其赌场实现了44.9 万元利润，同比增长21.5%。
卡森谷俱乐部收入同比增长222.4%，扭亏为盈实现53.3万美元利润。
Money won from gamblers comprised a record low share of the Nevada casino industry’s total revenue generated during the past fiscal year.
But spending on food, beverages and related offerings produced an all-time high share of the overall revenue picture, according to figures released Friday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
The board's numbers support a much-stated contention in recent months: The state’s gaming industry is recovering from the depths of the recession but has yet to fully rebound.
“We’re seeing what we all kind of know,” said Mike Lawton, a senior analyst for the control board. "We’re seeing growth, but it’s a little different than we’re used to seeing. You’re seeing spending patterns changing and becoming much more event driven.”
The state’s gaming properties earned a record high 34.1 percent of their revenues from spending on “food, beverage and other (related offerings),” the control board reported. But gaming revenue sank to a historic low of 46.2 percent of the financial pie, a figure that stood as high as 60 percent in 1994.
The shift in revenue began after the 1989 opening of The Mirage and the property’s mix of non-gaming offerings, then accelerated with the 1990s construction boom that saw the opening of the MGM Grand, Bellagio, Venetian and Paris, among other megaresorts. The changing revenue mix was further intensified by the introduction of high-end restaurants and nightclubs in the late-1990s and production shows with average ticket prices of $100 a person.
“It’s a continuation of a trend that’s been going for a while, a case of more people coming and spending less money,” said Professor David Schwartz, director of UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research. “The casinos have to adjust to how they’re going to get by.”
Schwartz's comment about an increase in visitors is backed by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, which has yet to release visitor numbers for 2011 but has reported that Southern Nevada was on pace to generate nearly 40 million visitors in 2011. The total could surpass the record of 39.2 million set in 2007, the LVCVA said.
Statewide, meanwhile, the 256 casinos recorded a $3.9 billion loss on gross revenues of $22 billion. The gross revenue figure was down 13 percent from peak levels of 2007, but up 5.6 percent from a year ago.
The 41 gaming locations on the Strip generated total revenue of $14.5 billion, or 66 percent of total state revenue.
Spending on hotel rooms dropped 15 percent from 2007, but consumer spending on beverages jumped almost 10 percent from the past year to $1.5 billion, which was up 7 percent from 2007.
“People are simply spending more in other areas,” Lawton said.
Overall, the 41 casinos on the Las Vegas Strip collected 9.3 percent more revenue in the fiscal year ended June 30 as compared with the previous fiscal year. But they still posted a $2.2 billion loss. It was the third consecutive year of a loss, but it was less than the $2.5 billion loss recorded in fiscal year 2010.
Total Strip revenues were up from $13.2 billion the previous fiscal year - the first increase in total revenues since 2007. But the casinos posted an overall loss due to increased depreciation, higher interest payments and other administrative expenses due to such factors as write-downs.
The room occupancy rate rose from 88.4 percent in fiscal 2010 to 89.1 percent, Lawton said. The average room rate increased from $112 per night in fiscal 2010 to $120 last fiscal year.
The 41 casinos in the balance of Clark County were another big contributor to the state’s total loss. They registered a $1.3 billion net loss for last fiscal year, with the decrease attributed to higher administrative expenses.
The 16 casinos in downtown Las Vegas posted a loss of $59.9 million, while the 31 clubs on the Boulder Strip reported a loss of $403 million.
Elsewhere:
The nine Laughlin casinos showed a $654,872 loss.
Casinos in Washoe County lost $44.5 billion.
Casinos along the south shore of Lake Tahoe lost $24.7 million loss.
Elko County, with its booming mining business, showed a $44.9 million profit from its casinos, an increase of 21.5 percent.
Carson Valley clubs reported a $533,355 profit, up 222.4 percent from the prior fiscal year, when they were in the red.
