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First, a trip to Vegas for most of Americans will cost much more than a $1K per weekend. Second, my link said exactly this - most of the revenue comes from slots. People using them are by definition is not a small minority. Minority gambles away hundreds of thousands per trip.

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> First, a trip to Vegas for most of Americans will cost much more than a $1K per weekend

I’m talking about gambling amount. You’re intuition is way off here. Most Americans will not gamble that much.

I think there is a misunderstanding here. My point is that gambling is less important part of casino's revenue. Hence few whales don't make or break Vegas.

I.e even if we take the top of your guess (<$1000), it is still much less than other expenses (lodging, dining, entertainment, etc).

I’m replying to your claim about doubting a small minority gamble thousands at slot machines. Your intuition is wrong and whales dominate gambling revenue, even in slot machines.

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