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August 30, 2008

Casinos hit by slowdown

(via The Wall Street Journal) · April 10, 2008 · 8:33 AM

The economic downturn is changing Las Vegas's luck for the worse, the Wall Street Journal writes today. Gambling revenues are down for the second straight month, compared to revenues from a year ago. Revenue from the Strip dropped 3.1 percent, according to figures released Wednesday from the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the WSJ writes.

Discussion: 1 comment so far...

  1. By gqbossing
    4/10/08 at 9:13 a.m.
    Suggest removal

    A correction was way overdue, this market had been chrurning at an unprecedented pace for about 3-4 straight years.

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