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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada officials say the state's casinos earned less in October than they did a year ago dropping nearly 2.9 percent to $887.6 million for the month. The Nevada Gaming Control Board released statistics that show revenue from gambling dropped more than 5 percent on the Las Vegas Strip to $493.6 million. Nevada officials say state taxes collected on gambling revenue dropped 22 percent to $52.3 million.
TONOPAH, Nev. (AP) — Authorities say two students from the University of Nevada, Reno died in a car crash about 7 miles outside of Tonopah. The Nevada Highway Patrol say 19-year-old driver Roman Suslov and 19-year-old passenger Mateo Silva-Medina were killed in the crash early yesterday morning. Both were from Las Vegas. It's unknown whether impairment was involved.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities are releasing images of a woman who they say kidnapped and robbed an elderly woman. Las Vegas police made the photos public after a Nov. 17 incident where an elderly woman was forced with a knife to get money from an ATM. Police said the two people didn't know each other and that no injuries were reported.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority says nearly 3.8 million people visited the destination in October, an increase of 5.6 percent compared to a year ago. The agency that markets Las Vegas to travelers reports that 93 percent of the more than 149,000 hotel rooms in the gambling hub were occupied in October representing a 3.7 point increase. Airport traffic was also up by 6.4 percent in October.
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