Historical horse racing machines (HHR) in Virginia returned $44.7 million in January. That was a 10.4 percent increase year over year, but an 0.8 percent dip on a same-store basis.
The February results, announced simultaneously with January’s, saw an even more bifurcated outcome. Year over year, HHR receipts were up 7.3 percent, reaching $44.5 million. On a same-store basis, however, they fell 4.3 percent.
The same-store comparison excludes Churchill Downs’s The Rose casino and its newly opened Roseshire slot parlor in Henrico County. Churchill Downs is the owner of all of Virginia’s HHR business.
In a March 4 investor report, J.P. Morgan analyst Daniel Politzer speculated that Churchill Downs’s Richmond-area HHR business might have been negatively impacted by the January 22 opening of Live Virginia. That temporary casino is located in nearby Petersburg.
Although win per unit per day in the Richmond market only went from $300 in January to $296 in February, the drop-off was substantial. January’s $11.2 million represented an 0.4 percent increase, followed by an 11.2 percent plunge to $9.9 million the following month.
Churchill Downs’s largest facility and grosser was The Rose in Dumfries, which leapt 43.2 percent to $13.1 million in January. It jumped 37.4 percent to $13.5 million in February. The per-machine average was $256 in January and $301 in February.
By contrast, Colonial Downs’s HHRs suffered two months of adversity. Their January $3.6 million was a 15.2 percent decline, followed by a 22.5 percent plummet to $3.4 million in February. The HHRs averaged $241 per day in the first month of 2026, $253 per day in the second.
Some of the highest per-machine averages were seen at Roseshire, which tallied $2.2 million both in January and February. That translated to $412 per HHR in the former month and $443 per day in the latter, shorter one.
The Rosie’s in Hampton Roads grossed $8.3 million in January, followed by $8.7 million in January, for per-HHR averages of $382 and $445 per day. Those were increases of 3.7 percent and 9.3 percent, respectively.
Also gaining was Rosie’s in Vinton, up 7.5 percent in January and 12.1 percent in February. It grossed $4.4 million, then $4.8 million, making for per-machine averages of $302 (January) and $362 million (February).
Less fortunate was the Rosie’s in Emporia. Its February gross was weaker than January’s, $1.6 million to January’s $1.7 million. The February number was a 13.4 percent falloff, preceded by a negative 8.3 percent in January. The per-machine average for January was $371, that for February $388.
The Rosie’s in Colinsville grossed $300,000 both months. The meant a 22 percent plunge in January, followed by an 18.8 percent one in February. It posted some of the lower per-HHR averages in the Cavalier State: $223 in January and $277 in February.
Statewide win per unit per day was $297 in January, $330 in February. The number of machines in play was not reported.
