Michigan Online Casinos Score Third-Best Month Ever In April, Up 22.3% Over 2025

Michigan’s 15 regulated online casino operators combined in April for $303.4 million in gross receipts, the second consecutive month they collectively crossed the $300 million mark. Though the total fell well short of the record $322.1 million posted in March, this was still good enough for the third-highest figure in state history, trailing only March and last December’s $315.8 million.

On a per-day basis, with April consisting of 30 days and those other months both having 31, it’s even tighter. April generated $10.1 million per day, December 2025 produced $10.2 million per day, and March stood still higher at $10.4 million per day.

April’s total gross receipts, posted Tuesday morning by the Michigan Gaming Control Board, represented a 22.3% increase over the previous April. Total adjusted gross receipts (with spending on promos and bonuses deducted) were $291.1 million, a 25.7% year-over-year bump, and total state taxes paid on iGaming came to $60.7 million, a rise of 25.9% YoY. All of those April tallies were good for third place all-time in Michigan in their respective categories, also trailing March ’26 and December ’25. 

In addition to the taxes paid to the state, commercial operators disbursed $14.3 million to the city of Detroit and tribal operators paid $7.9 million in additional taxes to their respective jurisdictions.

Through the first four months of the year, total state gross receipts for iGaming stand at $1.197 billion, up 22.3% — right in line with the April-vs.-April comparison — over the $979.3 million tallied over the same period in 2025.

FanDuel’s lead shrinks

The individual operator rankings for April were identical in the top seven positions to the month prior, although the gap at the top narrowed significantly.

FanDuel Casino and BetMGM Casino continued to run first and second, as they do every month in Michigan. But whereas FanDuel held a comfortable $14.3 million lead in gross receipts in March, the difference between the two behemoths was a mere $5.2 million in April. FanDuel raked in $75.5 million — its fourth-best month ever — and BetMGM lurked close behind with $70.3 million, second only to its March tally among BetMGM’s best months.

DraftKings continued to run a distant third, accumulating $38.5 million in gross receipts in April.

The next four operators remained tightly bunched: BetRivers posted $23.3 million, followed by Hard Rock Bet with $20.4 million, Fanatics Casino with $20.2 mllion, and Caesars with $16.5 million.

Next in line was Golden Nugget, which crossed the $10 million mark for the first time in 2026 (though it did so six times in 2025), reporting $10.6 million in gross receipts for April.

The greatest month-to-month gains, percentage-wise, could be found in the online operators tethered to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Through April 16, PokerStars Casino was the brand attached, but bet365 Casino made its Michigan debut on April 17, replacing PokerStars. The entities combined for $3.71 million in gross receipts for the month, almost exactly double the $1.86 million in PokerStars’ last full month in Michigan.

Logic dictates that number is likely to expand significantly again in May, bet365’s first full month in the state.