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LAS VEGAS-Gamblers in Nevada lost more than $1 billion atcasinos in December 2006, 17.1% more than they handed over inDecember 2005, the state's Gaming Control Board said on Friday. Thesecond billion-dollar, double-digit growth month in a row for theindustry helped balance out some soft months in the fall and putthe industry 7.22% ahead at the mid-point of its 2007 fiscal year,which began July 1, 2006.
On the Las Vegas Strip, which generates more than half of thestate's overall gambling win every month, casinos reported a gamingwin of $610 million in December 2006, and increase of 23.4% fromDecember 2005. Through the first half of the year, Strip gamingrevenue was $3.38 billion, 9.6% ahead of fiscal year 2006.
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