An overview of igaming revenue in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Delaware, and Connecticut, the six states where online gambling is legal in the U.S.
National
Total igaming revenue for January 2022 in New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, West Virginia, and Delaware added up to $394 million, an increase of 2.8%, spread across all states, over December’s $383.2 million.
New Jersey
For the 11th month in a row, revenue earned from online-casino gambling in New Jersey topped $100 million. The $137.8 million generated by the casinos in January 2022 also set a new monthly record for the state, surpassing the previous one of $133.2 million set in December by 4.4%.
Borgata/BetMGM led the pack once again with a $39.1 million win, an increase of 6.5% over December’s $37.1 million, while second-place Golden Nugget Online Gaming came in at $36.5 million, 1.4% higher than the $36 million of the previous month. Third-place Resorts Digital closed the gap a bit, earning $33 million, a 3.1% rise from the $32 million in December.
New Jersey collected $21.4 million in taxes for the month, 6.6% higher than the $20 million in December.
Michigan
Michigan’s online casinos generated $121.2 million in January, a slight half-percent drop from December’s record revenue of $121.8 million. However, it was the fifth month in a row that Michigan generated more than $100 million in igaming revenue.
Same as in New Jersey, BetMGM remains the board leader with $43.9 million, down 5.5% from December’s $46 million. Second-place DraftKings (Bay Mills) earned $20.1 million, with no gain or loss month over month.
Michigan’s 14 online casino operators paid $19.1 million in taxes to the state, down a substantial 15.5% from December’s $22.6 million. Only $5.9 million was delivered to Detroit from its three igaming operations, down 7.9% from December’s $6.4 million, and $2.2 million (essentially the same as the previous two months) was collected by tribal governments.
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s online gaming revenue in January of $108.3 million was 5.8% more than December’s $102.1 million.
Total revenue from online slots, $71.8 million, was up 4.2% over December’s $68.8 million. Online table games earned $33.1 million, an increase of 8.5% from the previous month’s $30.3 million. Online poker’s $3.4 million jumped 12.2% from December’s $3.1 million.
Penn National Gaming continued to hold its perch at the top of the list with a gross of $41.2 million, an increase of 2.7% month over month, while second-place Rivers Casino Pennsylvania’s $27.4 million was a rise of 4.8% over December’s $26.1 million.
Pennsylvania collected a record 44.6% in taxes, a 4.8% jump over the previous month’s $42.5 million.
West Virginia
For the four-week period between January 2 and 29, West Virginia reported $6.8 million in igaming revenue, a significant drop of 21.3% over the previous month. It’s never an apples-to-apples monthly comparison, however, and December’s reporting period went for five weeks, from November 28 to January 1. Still, igaming in West Virginia has earned at least $1 million now in 29 consecutive weeks.
Connecticut
In its third full month of igaming, Connecticut’s two operators earned $18.8 million, setting the third record since online casinos launched in the Constitution State; it was a 13.3% increase over December’s record $16.3 million.
DraftKings (Foxwoods) dominated the igaming vertical, with $13.7 million, for a 72.8% market share.
DraftKings and FanDuel, the other operator, paid $3.4 million in taxes to the state, a 14.7% increase over December’s $2.9 million.
Delaware
Delaware’s January igaming revenue of $1.1 million increased by 4.5% over December, setting a new record and recording the second month in a row of revenue higher than $1 million.
Online video lottery (slot) games once again accounted for the lion’s share of income at $900,293, higher by 8.5% than December’s $823,386, while table games generated $179,584, down by nearly 19% from December’s $221,215. Online poker revenue dropped to $41,468, a 3.8% decline from the previous month’s $43,069.
