An overview of igaming revenue in New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Connecticut, and Delaware, the six states where online gambling is legal in the U.S.
National
Total igaming revenue for September 2023 in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, West Virginia, and Delaware added up to $533.9, breaking the half-billion mark for the second month in a row, an increase of 25.7% over last year’s $412.5 million.
1. Michigan
Michigan’s online casinos produced $166.4 million in September compared to $128.7 million in September 2022, an increase of 26%. It was the second highest total since igaming launched in the state and Michigan flip-flopped again with New Jersey to take first place in the internet-casino sweepstakes for the month.
MGM Grand Detroit (BetMGM) remains the board leader with $48.6 million, followed by Bay Mills (DraftKings) at $37.1 million and Motor City (FanDuel) at $35.2 million.
Michigan’s 15 online-casino operators paid $31.3 million in total taxes, of which $7.5 million went to the city of Detroit and $4 million was paid to the various tribal governments; the other $19.8 million was collected by the state.
2. New Jersey
Online-casino gambling in the Garden State generated $163.8 million in September 2023, reflecting growth of 21.1% compared to $135.2 million for the prior-year period. Year to date, igaming revenue was $1.41 billion, a 15.4% increase compared to $1.22 billion for the same period in 2022.
Resorts Digital took first place in the igaming contest with $45.4 million in earnings, 33% higher than last year, while Golden Nugget was nipping at its heels at $45.1 million, a similar 32% increase. Perennial frontrunner Borgata/BetMGM came in third again for the third month in a row at $41.1 million, a mere 1% increase year over year.
New Jersey collected $24.5 million in online-gambling taxes in September, a 21.3% year-over-year increase from $20.2 million.
3. Pennsylvania
Revenue from igaming in September was $159.5 million, setting another new record for Pennsylvania by beating the previous all-time high of $148.2 million recorded in March of this year. It was a jump of 41.5% over last year’s $112.7 million.
Total revenue from online slots was $114.7 million compared to $77.9 million last year, a 47.3% leap, while online table tables jumped to $42.4 million from $32.2 million last year, up 31.7%. Online poker’s $2.4 million was a drop of 10.4% from last year’s $2.7 million.
Hollywood Casino at Penn National generated the most igaming revenue last month with $64.9 million, followed by Valley Forge with $35.4 million and Rivers Casino Philadelphia with $29.2 million.
The state scored $69.1 million in igaming taxes in September, a commensurate 45.2% increase over last year’s $47.6 million.
4. Connecticut
Connecticut’s two main online-casino operators, DraftKings and FanDuel, in September earned $30.4 million, an increase of 22.3% over the $24.3 million from September 2022.
The two remote-gambling giants paid $5.5 million in taxes to the Constitution State in September compared to $3.4 million last year.
5. West Virginia
The Mountain State’s igaming revenue for September was $12.7 million compared to September 2022’s $10.3 million. This September’s (weekly) reporting period was 28 days, while last year’s was 30.
6. Delaware
Delaware’s online casinos generated $1.1 million in revenue in September 2023, down 16.7% compared to $1.3 million in September 2022.
Online video lottery (slot) games once again accounted for the lion’s share of income at $856,402 million, while table games generated $219.505, both down from last year. Online poker, however, rose from $28,679 last year to $33,043 this year, an increase of 13.9%.
