The new year brought some major gains for the online gaming industry in the country’s three largest markets.
Michigan regulators reported a new monthly revenue record, and there were huge increases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Garden State saw online gaming revenue eclipse revenue from its brick-and-mortar counterparts.
However, online poker was a mixed bag of results. New Jersey regulators reported a sizable monthly gain, but revenue dropped in Pennsylvania.
Here’s a deeper look into the numbers.
Pennsylvania
The Keystone State reported $529.1 million from all forms of gaming in January. Those figures represented an increase of 10.9% year-over-year increase from January 2024, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
The increase was thanks mostly to the state’s online casino industry. Online bettors ramped up wagering by 40.5% year-over-year to $210.2 million.
Online slot players produced $158.6 million in revenue, up 44.2%, while online table games revenue reached $48.9 million. Online poker revenue totaled $2.6 million, sliding 2.3% year-over-year.
On the sports wagering front, sportsbooks reported a handle of $873.1 million, a 1.8% jump from January 2024. That produced a taxable revenue of $51.5 million, a 26.4% drop. Online operators produced $49.2 million of the total sports betting revenue.
The state received $93.9 million in tax revenue from all online gaming activity.
New Jersey
Atlantic City’s nine casinos generated gross gaming revenue of $210.1 million in January. That’s a 2.6% increase from January 2024. After some live gaming slides in 2024, the state has seen some gains in recent months.
As in Pennsylvania, New Jersey online gaming revenue eclipsed live casino saw solid returns with growth of 20.9% to $221.6 million, nearly $12 million more than brick-and-mortar operators.
Online poker also saw nice growth, increasing 8.1% to $2.7 million. Sports wagering revenue saw a different result, dropping 28.4% to $122.2 million compared to $170.8 million last January.
Total gaming revenue from all forms of gaming was $553.9 million for January 2025, a 0.9% decrease compared to $558.7 last January. The state collected $62.1 million in taxes for January.
Michigan
Commercial and tribal operators in the Wolverine State reported a combined $331.2 million total in January gross gaming revenue, according to numbers from the Michigan Gaming Control Board.
Those numbers represent online gaming and sports betting revenue in January, an increase of 25.4% compared to December, according to the Michigan Gaming Control Board.
January online casino gaming set a new monthly revenue record with $248.2 million. Those numbers topped the previous record of $244 million, set a month earlier. Sports betting produced $83 million in January, up from $20.2 million in December.
Combined total iGaming and online sports betting adjusted gross receipts for January reached $287.9 million, including $233.1 million from iGaming and $54.8 million from sports. That’s a 42% for iGaming and 65.6% for sports betting compared to January 2024. Total online sports betting handle was $555.2 million, down 7.1% from $597.7 million in December.
Operators reported $46.8 million in taxes and payments to the state during January, with $43.7 million of that from iGaming and $3.1 million from online sports betting. Tribal operators reported $5 million in payments to governing bodies.
