Connecticut’s first year of legalized digital gambling brought tens of millions for casinos. Here’s who profited the most.

Connecticut’s first year of legalized digital gambling brought tens of millions for casinos. Here’s who profited the most.

Article brief provided by Hartford Courant
  • Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant
October 10, 2022 7:05 PM

Legalized online gambling and sports betting, now marking their one-year anniversary, have delivered a revenue bump for the two casinos that lobbied for digital betting and the state that’s benefiting from a modest tax boost.

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From October 2021 to August, the most recent period for which data are available, online gambling generated $96.2 million in revenue for Foxwoods Resort Casino and $80.6 million for Mohegan Sun, according to the state Department of Consumer Protection.

Sports betting produced an additional $84 million in revenue at the two casinos.

Online gambling and sports betting provided a nearly one-third revenue boost to the $562.6 million generated by the casinos’ slot machines from January to August.