Jackpot in Nevada

JACKPOT Facts and Statisties for the State of Nevada STARDUST First casino/hotel to add a Sportsbook (room to bet on sporting events) $545 NEVADA average gambling budget reported by visitors in 2004 Largest gold producing state in the United States - 2nd in the world behind South Africa Nevada state law: Video slot machines must pay a minimum of 75% back to the player Ranks 50th Among States' Per Capita State Expenditures on Long Term Care $39,713,982.25 One of 9 states with no income tax Highest slot jackpot ever hit by a 25-year-old software engineer from Los Angeles on a Megabucks machine Excalibur hotel-casino March 21, 2003 $10.8 billion 2007 1957 first topless show in Las Vegas Minsky's Follies at the Dunes 10 100 $8.8 billion 2009 $50,000 90 Amount per week Liberace received performing at the Riviera in 1955 11 80 Number of Las Vegas shows that feature topless performers 8 feature women and 3 feature men 70 3 60 $832 500 Estimated amount per week Celine Dion received performing at Caesars Palace in 2004 50 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 $1 $6 $90 per-night room rate at the Golden Gate Hotel 1906 $14,694,750 per-night room rate at the Stardust Hotel average per-night room rate in Las Vegas 2004 All-time single concert box-office record - Barbara Streisand on New Years' Eve 1999 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas 1958 $747,943 $533,333 5,034 30 $32/500 $249,000 number of rooms at the MGM Grand Second largest hotel in the world number of rooms at the first hotel in Las Vegas 1905 The International The Mirage 1989 The Bellagio Wynn Las Vegas 1998 1969 2005 Construction Costs per Hotel Room and by Year Sources: insidervlv.com, Ivcva.com, wikipedia.org, vegas.com, taxpayersnetwork.org Clark County Gaming Revenue ( $billions ) Las Vegas Hotel Occupancy Rate (%)