Rhode Island’s igaming sector grew 113.5% year-over-year in May, with net gaming revenue rising from US$2.3 million to US$4.8 million.
The figures, published by the Rhode Island Lottery, also showed that combined wagers were up in May, growing from US$61.2 million to US$129.1 million, a 110.9% year-over-year increase, while combined prizes rose from US$59 million to US$124.3 million, a yearly increase of 110.8%.
Slots gaming contributed the most to the combined net gaming revenue total, recording US$3.7 million in May, while online table games generated US$1.1 million. Both represented a year-over-year increase of 128.9% and 73.7%, respectively.
Rhode Island became the seventh state in the US, after New Jersey, West Virginia, Michigan, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut, to legalize internet gaming.
