New Jersey online casino revenue rises 4.4% to $259.3m

New Jersey’s online casino market generated $259.3 million in gross revenue in August 2026, up 4.4% from $248.4 million a year earlier, according to the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE).

The total fell 6.4% from July’s record $276.9 million. August was the 11th consecutive month in which online casino revenue topped $250 million.

The rest of the state’s gaming market moved lower. In-person revenue at Atlantic City’s casinos fell 5.5% and sports wagering revenue dropped 25%, taking total gaming revenue down 4.1% to $615.7 million.

Online growth slows against the annual pace

August’s 4.4% gain sits well below the market’s year-to-date rate. Online casino revenue for the first eight months of 2026 reached $2.13 billion, up 13.2% from $1.88 billion in the same period of 2025.

Online casino operators paid $57.7 million in taxes for August, bringing the year-to-date total to $473.4 million.

Operator results

FanDuel remained the largest online casino brand in New Jersey with $56.7 million in August revenue, down 0.7% year on year. DraftKings reported $43.5 million, down 7.5%, and BetMGM $35.1 million, up 7.8%. Borgata’s online revenue was flat at $20.6 million, down 0.1%.

FanDuel, DraftKings and BetMGM together generated $135.3 million, just over half of the state’s online total for the month.

The fastest growth came from the next tier. Fanatics grew 30.7% to $13.1 million, and its year-to-date revenue is up 100.6%. Golden Nugget rose 28.8% to $11.3 million and BetRivers 28.1% to $10.7 million.

Further down the table, bet365, which went live in Washington DC as the district’s seventh mobile sportsbook this month, posted $3.4 million in New Jersey online casino revenue, up 46.6%. Resorts Casino reported $2.6 million, up 47.6%. Betinia generated $1.1 million, Vegas Club Casino $875,415 and Ember Casino $591,981.

Atlantic City casinos lose ground

Atlantic City’s nine casinos reported $294.9 million in in-person gaming revenue, down 5.5% from $311.9 million in August 2025. Year to date, land-based revenue totals $2.01 billion, up 1.8%.

Borgata was the only property to grow in-person gaming revenue in August, up 6.4% on the back of table games, according to a property-level breakdown of the DGE data by Casino.org. Ocean Casino recorded the steepest decline, down 13%.

On a year-to-date basis, online revenue is already ahead of in-person play: $2.13 billion against $2.01 billion. James Plousis, chair of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission (CCC), pointed to the quieter months ahead.

“With summer ending, Atlantic City is entering the start of its shoulder season. Last year, internet gaming win eclipsed in-person casino win in every month of the shoulder season.”

Sports betting revenue falls 25%

Sports wagering revenue dropped to $61.4 million in August, down 25% from $81.9 million a year earlier. Handle fell 9% to $732.3 million.

Revenue fell faster than handle because sportsbooks kept a smaller share of the money wagered. Based on the reported figures, hold was about 8.4% in August, compared with roughly 10.2% in August 2025.

Year to date, sports wagering revenue stands at $671.4 million, down 5.3%.

Tax receipts and the months ahead

Total gaming taxes for August came to $81.5 million, with $674.2 million collected across the first eight months of the year. Online casino accounted for about 71% of the monthly tax figure.

September’s report will be the first to include the new NFL season. It will also cover the weekend in which prediction markets recorded record volume on NFL opening games.

For online casino, September will show whether monthly revenue stays above $250 million for a 12th month, and whether internet win again passes in-person win through the shoulder season, as it did in every shoulder-season month of 2025.

Source: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement