The growth of online gaming helped Pennsylvania reach record revenue from all forms of gambling in 2025.
December numbers also topped off record iGaming revenue in the other two major online gaming states, Michigan and New Jersey, despite falling online poker numbers.
Here’s a look at December and year-end revenue numbers for these states:
Pennsylvania
A 27% increase in iGaming revenue in 2025 helped the Keystone State to a record $6.8 billion from all forms of gaming, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. That reflects 10.7% growth from $6.1 billion in 2024.
Those numbers include a record $2.8 billion from online gaming alone. Sports betting revenue reached $602.5 million, an 18% increase from 2024.
In December, the state saw $616.7 million in revenue, spiking 15.8% from the same month in 2024. Online gaming accounted for $259.7 million of that total, a 16.1% increase. Here’s a look at iGaming results by category:
- Online slots: $194.6 million (up 18.5%)
- Online table games: $62.8 million (up 10.3%)
- Online poker: $2.3 million (down 7.8%)
Sports betting brought in a handle of $797.4 million in December, rising 10.7% year-over-year. The taxable figure was $84.8 million, a 30% spike from the same month in 2024. The state collected a total of $255.8 million from all forms of gaming.
New Jersey
The Garden State enjoyed solid results in the gaming sector. Only the state’s nine casinos suffered a revenue decrease in December, collecting $216.1 million, a 6.7% year-over-year drop, according to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. For 2025, total revenue from these properties reached $2.89 billion, 2.7% higher than in 2024.
Online gaming topped live casino revenue in December, producing $273.2 million, reflecting growth of 19.8% compared to 2024. Online poker showed similar results as in Pennsylvania, falling 7.8% to $2.2 million.
For the year, online gaming revenue totaled $2.91 billion, a 22% jump from $2.39 billion the previous year. In the sports betting arena, the state saw gross revenue of $116.3 million in December, an 85% increase.
Total revenue from all forms of gaming grew 15.9%, reaching $605.6 million. For the year, total gaming revenue stood at $6.98 billion, up 10.8% from 2024. Total gross revenue taxes were $89.9 million for December and $884.1 million for the year.
Michigan
Operators reported $399.8 million in online gaming and sports betting gross receipts in December, according to the Michigan Gaming Control Board. This equated to a 19.1% increase from November.
Gross receipts from iGaming totaled $315.8 million, the highest to date and topping the previous high of $278.5 million from October. December sports betting gross receipts totaled $84 million, a drop from $87.3 million in November.
Combined total iGaming and sports betting adjusted gross receipts for December were $357.9 million. Of that, $296.7 million (up 35.1% from December 2024) came from iGaming. Total online sports betting handle was $512.9 million, down 18.7% from $631.1 million in November.
Michigan doesn’t separate out numbers for online poker, but it seems likely revenue was similar to figures reported in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
For the year, Michigan reported a combined $3.8 billion total iGaming and sports betting gross receipts. Of that total, $3.1 billion came from iGaming and $671.3 million from sports betting, a 29.5% increase over 2024. Operators paid $624.6 million in taxes and payments to the state in 2025, with $597.5 million coming from online gaming.
