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Pennsylvania Sets New iGaming Revenue Record

By Robert Linnehan

Published: Apr 18th, 2024 · 2:14 PM EDT

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Pennsylvania online casino games had a massive, record setting month of March for state gaming revenue.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported this week that all combined forms of gaming in the state set an all-time monthly high for revenue, totaling more than $554.6 million. Pennsylvania brought in more than $191 million in iGaming revenue for the month.

The previous monthly high for Pennsylvania gaming revenue was $534.2 million in December 2023.

Pennsylvania users certainly took advantage of the best PA online casino bonus codes to hit the record-breaking revenue totals this month.

iGaming Drives Pennsylvania Revenues

Pennsylvania set its all-time monthly high for gaming revenue past month with $554,625,294, eclipsing the December 2023 revenue record of $534,215,808. The March revenue figure was also a 7.64% increase over the $515,278,831 revenue figure for March 2023.

The vast majority of Pennsylvania gaming revenue the past month came from iGaming, as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported $191,086,114 in revenues for the month. As usual, iSlot revenue accounted for the vast majority of revenue, totaling $135,519,554 in March, while iTable revenue accounted for $53,091,910, and iPoker revenue brought up the rear with $2,474,651.

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course topped all operators with more than $72.28 million in iGaming revenue for the month, followed by Valley Forge Casino Resort at $50.8 million, and Rivers Casino Philadelphia at $32.75 million.

For the month, Pennsylvania brought in $82,061,953 in iGaming tax revenue. Pennsylvania reported $229,566,989 in total tax revenue through all forms of gaming and fantasy contests for March 2024.

Here are total iGaming revenue figures for the month of March:

• Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course (ESPN BET): $72,286,369
• Valley Forge Casino Resort (FanDuel): $50,830,426
• Rivers Casino Philadelphia (BetRivers): $32,759,238
• Harrah’s Philadelphia (Caesars Sportsbook): $10,402,217
• Parx Casino (betPARX): $5,676,865
• Golden Nugget: $4,467,658
• Mount Airy Casino Resort: $4,312,779
• Bally’s Pennsylvania: $3,571,292
• Live! Casino Philadelphia: $3,501,168
• Wind Creek Bethlehem (Betfred): $2,087,290
• Mohegan Pennsylvania (Unibet): $1,190,810

March Madness Fuels Sports Betting

Pennsylvania users bet more than $800.7 million on sports for March, a 10.7% increase from the March 2023 handle total of $723.54 million. Despite the increase in handle, March 2024’s taxable revenue totals were down compared with the March 2023 total. Pennsylvania reported $45.58 million in taxable revenue in March 2024 compared with March 2023’s total of $50.6 million.

The following are the handle and revenue totals for each online sports betting operator in the state. FanDuel remained the top online sports betting operator in Pennsylvania, totaling over $333 million in total handle and $24.3 million in toal sports betting revenue for Valley Forge Casino in March.

The following are the sports betting operator partner totals for the month:

• Valley Forge Casino (FanDuel): $333,189,800 handle, $24,354,291 total sports betting revenue.
• Hollywood Casino at the Meadows (DraftKings): $209,222,648 handle, $10,733,645 total sports betting revenue.
• Hollywood Casino Morgantown: $51,939,662 handle, $1,756,267 total sports betting revenue.
• Hollywood Casino at Penn National (ESPN BET): $54,637,036  handle, $1,645,905 total sports betting revenue.
• Harrah’s (Caesars Sportsbook): $33,433,001 handle, $1,594,630 total sports betting revenue.
• Rivers – Pittsburgh (BetRivers): $30,114,208 handle, $1,502,613 total sports betting revenue.
• Hollywood Casino York: $31,934,997 handle, $1,009,030 total sports betting revenue.
• Parx Casino (betPARX): $16,666,192 handle, $839,160 total sports betting revenue.
• Live! Casino Philadelphia: $8,199,239, $706,269 total sports betting revenue.
• Rivers – Philadelphia (BetRivers): $19,501,294 handle, $588,976 total sports betting revenue.
• Mohegan Pennsylvania: $5,376,276 handle, $286,988 total sports betting revenue.
• Mohegan Lehigh Valley: $1,359,066 handle, $165,935 total sports betting revenue.
• Wind Creek (Betfred): $1,348,188 handle, $127,850 total sports betting revenue.
• South Philly Race and Sportsbook: $1,209,576 handle, $116,990 total sports betting revenue.
• Live! Casino Pittsburgh: $1,160,917 handle, $94,949 total sports betting revenue.
• Mount Airy: $834,031 handle, $21,981 total sports betting revenue.
• Parx Shippensburg: $65,711 handle, $1,377 total sports betting revenue.
• Presque Isle Downs and Casino: $890,390 handle, $795 total sports betting revenue.