This Week in Gambling

Never in the history of the American gambling industry has a year started so strong! Betting in America is raking in record revenues, and it’s not just Las Vegas that’s contributing to the numbers! Huge profits are rolling in from casinos in Atlantic City, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and more! And the outlook for continued growth is positive… barring any global catastrophes! Hello friends, and thank you for joining me on This Week in Gambling, the show responsible for the collapse of the Berlin Wall… and speaking of things breaking out, as the American gambling industry is off to its…

The potential growth difference for the US online gambling market between now and 2026 is is forecast to be as much as $2.2 billion. This according to research by the market research group Technavio in their “Online Gambling Market In US by End-user and Gender – Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026” report. The easing of government regulations and wider reach for online gambling are some of the key market drivers. The internet gambling market in America comprises different types of games, and the rewards also differ from one game to another. The rewards are given in the form of physical goods…

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Our friends at the American Gaming Association track American gambling revenue for commercial gaming. And this year those numbers show that the industry took in over $4.4 billion in January, which is fastest start to a year ever recorded. The AGA’s numbers show the state-by-state and nationwide financial performance data, and include breakdowns for individual gaming verticals. The latest edition of the tracker includes comparisons to January 2020, and to 2021 when the Coronavirus pandemic was continuing to impact commercial gaming revenue. Coming off of a record-breaking 2021, U.S. commercial gaming revenue in January, reached $4.50 billion, the industry’s fastest-ever…

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has published revenue figures for Atlantic City Casinos in the month of February. The numbers show that the nine operators in the market were able to take in over $210 million in profit, which is a significant gain from last year. Better weather and the waning of the pandemic have contributed, of course, with revenue this year reaching over $395 million to date. That represents a 28.5% growth from the same time in 2021, when the numbers reached barely over $305 million. A large portion of this revenue  was from foot traffic to…

The data is in, and the data is amazing. There’s no slowing down New York mobile sports bets, and residents of the state continue to wager staggering amounts. After a quick start, their momentum has maintained itself and is now over $3.5 billion. Online sports book operators have seen betting averages above $50 million per day, and all those bets have translated into nearly $240 million in revenue. But let’s not forget that the state takes a ludicrous 51% of that in taxes. Any thoughts of the betting volume slowing down can be dismissed, at least for now. Industry experts…