Frank Streshley Quotations

There is much more happening in March, and we usually expect a bit of a lull in April. April was a monthly record despite a tough comparison from last year, which was a very strong month.

Ours are more regularly scheduled type entertainment. Theirs would be more special-event oriented.

We're not seeing any downturn in the gaming industry, and it should continue to grow. We're seeing tremendous growth statewide. Every month in 2005 was a record month.

Weather wasn't an issue and the Super Bowl weekend was a huge boost to the state.

The opening of the first new resort on the Las Vegas Strip in five years obviously had an impact.

Even more surprising was the amount (played on baccarat), $426 million, up 107 percent over last year.

Room rates were up, plus there were 4,000 more rooms available. That impacted room revenues during the fiscal year.

A lot is going to depend on the win percentage and who is lucky, the players or the casinos.

It's just the timing of cashing out winning tickets.

The numbers were better than we expected. We knew we were comparing against a strong August last year, up 11.2 percent, and we knew having one less Saturday in the month would have an effect.

That really doesn't mean too much because the revenues have grown as have the number of tables. A slight drop in average per win per table really shouldn't signal any alarms.

It's difficult to make predictions, but it seems we're on the same growth pace.