The American Gaming Association has released its Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker with data through January.
The tracker provides state-by-state, cumulative data on the financial performance of the gaming industry based on revenue reports by state.
2022 was a record-setting year, however, commercial gaming has continued to boom in 2023, with a new single-month revenue record for the industry in January. The first month of the year brought in gaming revenue of $5.5bn, which was up 21.1% compared to this time last year.
The figures have been led by monthly sports betting revenue, which exceeded $1bn for the first time. Gaming revenue also grew year-over-year across all other verticals: with slots up 15.5%, table games up 14.7% and iGaming up 20.6%.
Land-based casino revenue generated from slot machines and table games totaled $3.99bn, while iGaming produced monthly revenue of $482m.
Sports betting, live in 29 commercial markets, was up 58.2% from last January, when only 26 markets were live. However, in-person gaming remains the cornerstone of US monthly gaming revenue.
In total, 31 of 33 commercial gaming states that were operational one year ago posted year-over-year revenue growth in January this year, with Washington DC and Maryland being the only two to show a decline – of less than 25% each.
Oregon’s change from January to January was the highest, with an increase of 215.9%.
The launch of Ohio’s sports betting and Massachusetts’ retail sports betting in the month of January also aided in the US reaching a total monthly high of $10.9bn. The newly legal Buckeye State reached gross revenue of $208.9m alone in its first month of legal sports betting operation.
Arizona had not yet reported its January numbers and was the only state not included in the tracker's overall data.
