Figures released Thursday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show the state’s licensed online casino/poker operators generated combined revenue of $87.63m in September, more than twice the $41.1m reported in the same month last year but a smidgen below August 2020’s $87.77m.
As always, the online casino vertical carried the load with just under $85.1m, up 115.4% year-on-year, while online poker gained a respectable 55.8% to $2.55m. For the year-to-date, overall online revenue is up 102.2% to a hefty $685.6m, with casino rising 102.7% to $654.7m and poker up 92% to $30.9m.
The Golden Nugget’s online casino total – which includes contributions from Betfair, PlaySugarHouse and BetAmerica – topped $26m in September, down $1.65m from August. The Borgata family of sites – including BetMGM, PartyPoker and PalaCasino – ranked second with a new record high of $20.3m, including $781k from poker.
Resorts Digital Gaming, which includes DraftKings, FoxBet and MoheganSunCasino, was a close third with $20m, of which $767k came via poker. Caesars Interactive Entertainment won the poker crown with $1m but its overall total of $8.3m relegated it to fourth place. Hard Rock Atlantic City (and its Bet365 and Unibet partners) rounded out the top-five with $6.2m.
Turning to sports betting, handle hit a record $748.6m in September, around $80m better than August, with digital betting accounting for $678.7m of September’s total. Betting revenue came in just under $45.1m, 14% better than in August and 19% higher than September 2019.
The Meadowlands/FanDuel/PointsBet combo absolutely owned September’s betting revenue chart, claiming $28.2m (62.5%) of the market total. Runner-up Resorts/DraftKings/BetStars came in just under $4.8m – less than half August’s total – while the Borgata/BetMGM tandem ranked third with just over $4m (down only $500k from August).
For the year-to-date, New Jersey’s betting handle is up around 10% from the first nine months of 2019 while revenue rose 17% to $223.1m.
Counting the nearly $190.6m generated by Atlantic City casinos’ slots and table games, the state’s overall gaming win hit $323.3m in September, a 6.5% rise over the same month last year, although the year-to-date down is off nearly one-quarter to $1.94b.