September Brought Good News For Pennsylvania IGaming

Pennsylvania’s iGaming operators cleared a healthy $249.3 million from their online casino operations in September, an increase from both August and the year prior, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported Monday.

The combined revenue from the 23 sites for online slots, tables, and poker last month represented a 6.8% increase from September 2025. It was also 1.5% higher than this August, a month that lasted a day longer. Taxes collected from the 11 license-holders for iGaming amounted to $114.9 million for the month.

The gaming board’s report reflects the operators’ revenue earned after deductions for promotions. The earnings for September totaled $197.4 million from online slots, $49.7 million from table games, and $2.3 million from poker. The slots play made up all of the increase from the year prior, as online table games and poker were down slightly.

The iGaming revenue represented 45% of the total $555 million collected in Pennsylvania last month from all forms of commercial gaming, which also includes brick-and-mortar casinos, sports betting, truck stop video gaming terminals, and fantasy sports contests. That total figure was 4.1% above the total in September 2025, but down 2.2% from the prior month. The combined tax revenue from last month’s gambling in the state amounted to $242.6 million.

Caesars sites among those with biggest increases

The state reports iGaming revenue by license-holder rather than for each separate operator, with the licenses in many cases including multiple operators through partnerships. The four biggest of those license-holders all showed sizable revenue gains year-over-year.

Penn Entertainment’s Hollywood Casino always ranks tops in the state, as the online casinos of DraftKings, BetMGM, and Fanatics are part of the license in addition to Penn’s own sites. Last month, they combined for $99 million, a 12.9% increase from 2025.

Valley Forge Casino Resort, which includes FanDuel’s online operations, made $69.8 million, a 5.1% increase.

Rivers Casino, with a Borgata Casino partnership in addition to the Rush Street Gaming brands, was up 8.5% to $38.5 million.

Although Harrah’s Philadelphia remained in fourth place, with $13.4 million earned in September, its 23% increase was far higher than the competitors above it. The license includes multiple sites operated by Caesars.

The biggest year-over-year increase, however, belonged to Bally’s, up 41.7% to $5.4 million.

The second-biggest increase was the 34.8% jump for Presque Isle Downs and Casino with its bet365 partnership, to $5.4 million.

The biggest annual declines belonged to Mohegan Pennsylvania, down 64.5% to $2.2 million, and Wind Creek Bethlehem, off 34.1% to $1.1 million.