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 September 2021 in New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware added up to $329.9 million, up 7.7% over August’s $304.5 million.
1. New Jersey
Accompanying New Jersey’s national record-breaking sports betting handle of $1.01 billion in September, online casino gambling in the Garden State set a record of its own, generating $122.6 million during the month, up 7.3% over August, 3.2% over the previous record set in July, and a smidge under 40% year over year ($87.6 million in September 2020). It was the seventh month in a row that igaming topped nine figures in New Jersey and the eighth time this year.
Online casino games took in $120.1 million, while online poker earned the other $2.5 million, down 2.4% from August’s $2.6 million.
Borgata/BetMGM led the pack once again with $38.2 million, an increase of 2.4% over August’s $37.3 million, while Golden Nugget Online Gaming’s $31.1 million rose 4.2% over August’s $29.8 million. Third-place Resorts Digital earned $28.3 million, up a significant 23.7% over August’s $21.6 million.
New Jersey collected $18.5 million in online-gambling taxes in September, an 8.1% increase over August’s $17 million.
2. Michigan
Michigan’s online casinos produced a record $102.4 million in revenue, beating the previous record of $97.2 million set in August by 5.1%. It took Michigan less than nine months since launching igaming on January 22 of this year to achieve more than $100 million in monthly revenue. In addition, with a year-to-date win of $775 million, Michigan is on track to surpass $1 billion in online-casino win for the year.
BetMGM remains the board leader with $40.6 million in gross gaming revenue, up 2.2% over August’s $39.7 million in August, itself a major 14.9% increase over July’s $33.8 million. The gap between revenues at second-place DraftKings (Bay Mills) and third-place FanDuel (Motor City) was nearly non-existent, with $15.5 million and $15.4 million, respectively.
Michigan’s 14 online casino operators paid $18.9 million in taxes to the state in September, up 5.3% over the previous month’s $17.9 million and the highest total for the year. Another $5.2 million (up 5.8% over $4.9 million) was collected by the city of Detroit and $2.1 million (up 4.8% over $2 million) by tribal governments.
3. Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s online gaming revenue in September, $97.8 million, was an increase of 9.3% over August’s $88.7 million; it was a major showing after declining or flat online revenues over the past three months in the Keystone State.
Total revenue from online slots increased by 7.9% to $68.6 million over August’s $63.2 million. Online table games took a huge leap, up 27% to $26.3 million from $19.2 million the previous month. Online poker’s $2.9 million was a drop of 9.4% from August’s $3.2 million.
Penn National Gaming’s $38.6 million remains first in revenue, with a major increase (21%) over August’s $30.5 million. Second-place Rivers Casino Pennsylvania’s $26.7 million was a minor 1.5% decline from August’s $27.1 million.
Pennsylvania scored in taxes collected in September with $41.7 million, an increase of 5.5% over August’s $39.4 million.
4. West Virginia
The Mountain State’s igaming revenue for September followed New Jersey and Michigan by setting a new igaming-revenue record; September’s $6.2 million registered a major 38% increase over August’s $4.5 million and even a 24.2% jump from the state’s previous record of $4.7 million set in July.
Igaming in West Virginia has earned at least $1 million now in 13 consecutive weeks (the state reports results weekly); the last time it didn’t was for the week ending June 26.
5. Delaware
Delaware was the lone loser in September’s otherwise across-the-board increase in igaming revenues in September. The state recorded a win of $794,644, down 12.9% from August’s $912,180. It was the fourth of five months that Delaware’s igaming total took a nosedive.
Online video lottery (slot) games once again accounted for the lion’s share of income at $671,885, down 11.1% from August’s $762,502, while table games generated $95,625, a whopping 36.6% decline from the previous month’s $150,677. Online poker also fell, dropping 16.1% to $27,134 from $32,332 the month before.
6. Connecticut
This month, Connecticut became the sixth state to permit igaming; the seven-day soft launch was successfully completed on October 18. The partial-month revenue report will be posted next month and November will be the first full month of online-gaming revenue in the Constitution State.
