{"id":881,"date":"2017-05-25T09:48:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T09:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=881"},"modified":"2017-05-26T10:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T10:09:29","slug":"mgms-luxor-becomes-latest-casino-to-shut-down-poker-room-in-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/mgms-luxor-becomes-latest-casino-to-shut-down-poker-room-in-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM\u2019s Luxor Becomes Latest Casino To Shut Down Poker Room In Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Luxor casino<\/a> has become the latest casino on the Las Vegas Strip to close its poker room. The closure will bring down the total number of poker rooms left on the Strip to 18 and 35 across Las Vegas. The total number of poker tables now left on the Strip is around 260.<\/p>\n

According to local news report, MGM Resorts International<\/strong> which owns the casino informed employees earlier this week of the upcoming closure. Luxor\u2019s poker room will cease functioning from June 18. So far 22 poker rooms have been shut down in the past six years in Las Vegas. Just last month, Monte Carlo<\/strong> closed down its poker room. Monte Carlo is also owned by the MGM group. Earlier in March, a poker room with three tables was closed at Hard Rock<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The closures aren\u2019t surprising as revenue from poker rooms is stagnating in the region. In the past year, poker rooms in the Strip have netted a total of $77.6 million from cash games, almost the same as last year. Revenues are nowhere close to what was recorded in the game\u2019s heyday in 2007 when there were 26 poker rooms on the Strip with a combined 396 tables. In 2007, poker revenue was at $97 million with 405 active poker tables. <\/p>\n

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