This Week in Gambling

Last week we reported that the United States had set a new record revenue mark for gambling in 2022. And that was without the figures for December included! And this week we’re following up with news of more records for gambling revenue in the states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. First up, the state that started the sports betting revolution: New Jersey. The state was able to generate over $5.2 billion last year, and the exciting part is that only half of the money came from brick & mortar casinos! According tot he New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement,…

This week’s gambling news is all about the money! US gambling has just hit an all time high in revenue, with Nevada’s streak of consecutive billion dollar months leading the way! Plus, there’s a new state leader for sports betting in America! Hello friends, and welcome to This Week in Gambling, where the numbers are in and the records have been broken… and that is this week’s big story! US gambling just hit an all-time high! Casinos, sports betting, and online gaming collectively brought in $55 billion in 2022, beating the old record of $53 billion. And they did it in…

As our friends at the American Gaming Association begin to tall the numbers, it’s clear that gambling in America will set a new high mark. They’ve only been able to add up the figures through November, but with just 11 months counted the total is already beyond anything they’ve seen before. With Decembers numbers still pending, revenue for gambling in America in 2022 has already reached more than $54.9 billion. The previous record was set at $53 billion in a year, so the totals for last year will most assuredly end up over the $55 billion mark. What’s even more…

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As we were saying goodbye to 2022 amid the coldness of the fall and winter months, Michigan online gambling was just getting warmed up. In fact, both October and November were record months for i-gaming revenue in the state. This despite an overall decline in sports betting from the year before. Total gambling revenue for the state was over $186 million in November, which was an increase of more that 15% from the same time last year. But Michigan online gambling accounted for $145 million, which was a jump of 35% year-on-year. Moving forward, their is reason for continued optimism…

Technically, New York sports betting didn’t operate for the entire calendar year of 2022. Their official launch date was January 8th, meaning that there was one week where they were not up and running… but it didn’t matter. The state was still making sports betting news by the end of their first month in business, and they never looked back after that. And by the time the end of the year finally hit, they had handles $15.8 billion in wagers. And that translated to over $1.3 billion in revenue. Some may remember that New York sports betting has one of…