- Las Vegas casinos are making it costlier to play and harder to win, raising minimums at blackjack tables and reducing payouts for winning hands.
- Revenue from gambling at Las Vegas Strip casinos exceeded prepandemic levels by more than 25% last year.
- Blackjack players lost nearly $1 billion to casinos on the Strip last year.
- More than two-thirds of blackjack tables on the Strip currently offer 6:5 payouts, as opposed to 3:2.
- Triple-zero roulette, a version that leans in favor of the casino, is increasingly popping up on the Strip.
Why You’re Losing More to Casinos on the Las Vegas Strip
Gambling companies shift betting further in their favor, raising minimums at blackjack tables and tipping the odds in roulette
Katherine Sayre
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