Las Vegas Roars Back to Life With Record Gambling Win

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - Barely a year after the Las Vegas Strip was shut down by COVID-19, its world-famous casinos have roared back to a record-breaking summer thanks to a remarkable winning streak.

Nevada pocketed an all-time record $1.36 billion last month from gamblers, who are flooding back to the city nicknamed Lost Wages after months confined at home with little to spend their money on. "We weren't anticipating these type of numbers," said Michael Lawton, senior analyst for Nevada Gaming Control Board. "In Nevada, a billion dollars in gaming win is kind of a bellwether number. And we've recorded a billion dollars in gaming win in five consecutive months."