{"id":891211,"date":"2025-07-29T11:54:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/?p=891211"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:54:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:54:57","slug":"regional-gambling-still-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blog\/regional-gambling-still-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Gambling Still Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Casinos in the commonwealth of Massachusetts<\/strong> eked out a 1.5% increase in gambling revenue last month. Encore Boston Harbor<\/strong> led with $60 million, flat with June 2024. MGM Springfield<\/strong> hopped four percent to $23 million, possibly helped by scads of headlines about jackpots in Springfield<\/strong>. (Well played, MGM publicity.) Plainridge Park<\/strong> gained 6%, finishing with $14.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sports books in the Bay State held at a tight 12%, for a gross of $63.5 million. Handle was $532.5 million. DraftKings <\/strong>captured $32 million, easily besting FanDuel<\/strong>‘s $18 million. Also in the hunt were BetMGM<\/strong> ($5 million), Fanatics<\/strong> ($4.5 million), ESPN Bet<\/strong> ($1.5 million) and Caesars Sportsbook<\/strong> ($1 million). BallyBet<\/strong> made not a ripple.<\/p>\n\n\n

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By contrast,<\/strong> casinos in Pennsylvania<\/strong> were flat year\/year, grossing $276.5 million. No surprise, no-smoking Parx Casino<\/strong> was tops with $46 million (up 2.5%). Wind Creek Bethlehem<\/strong> faded 5% but was still close behind with $45 million. As for the Philadelphia<\/strong> market aside from Parx, Valley Forge Resort<\/strong> gained 4% to $11 million, just ahead of who-cares Harrah’s Philadelphia<\/strong> ($10.5 million, flat), pictured above. Rivers Philadelphia<\/strong> was up 6.5% to $17.5 million but still couldn’t catch Philadelphia Live<\/strong> ($21 million, 4%). Over in Pittsburgh<\/strong>, cloacal Rivers Pittsburgh<\/strong> faded 5% but still booked $25.5 million. Hollywood Meadows<\/strong> slid 7.5% to $16 million while Pittsburgh Live<\/strong> slumped 5% to $9 million in a market that arguably had no winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Keystone State’s standout performer was little Lady Luck Nemacolin<\/strong>, surging 16.5% to $2.5 million. Mohegan Pocono<\/strong> was up 2% to $16.5 million, as Presque Isle Downs<\/strong> was down 4% to $8 million and Mount Airy Resort<\/strong> hopped 6% to $17 million (so pay your dealers a fair wage, OK?). Hollywood Penn National<\/strong> was up 2% to $13 million and Hollywood York <\/strong>leapt 11% to $8.5 million. Conversely, Hollywood Morgantown<\/strong> dropped 9.5% to $5.5 million and Parx Shippensburg <\/strong>gained 4% to $3 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iGaming was a boffo $212.5 million, leaping 32%. FanDuel <\/strong>was out front with a 28% revenue share and Hollywood Casino<\/strong> lagged with lackluster 4%. In between were DraftKings<\/strong> (21%), BetRiver<\/strong>s (16.5%), BetMGM<\/strong> (15%) and Caesars Palace Online<\/strong> (5%). Sports betting revenue catapulted 56% to $65 million on only 4% greater handle. FanDuel dusted DraftKings, $28 million to $18 million. ESPN Bet<\/strong> bested Caesars Sportsboo<\/strong>k ($2.5 million vs. $1 million), and PointsBet<\/strong> ($5.5 million) squeezed past BetMGM ($4.5 million).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sticking with the lucrative field<\/strong> of iGaming, it was also big for Michigan<\/strong>, where it surged 31% to $240.5 million. FanDuel<\/strong> narrowly prevailed over BetMGM<\/strong> for revenue share, 26% to 25%, while DraftKings<\/strong> contented itself with 16%. (Amazing how so many people would opt for “casino” operator\u2014FanDuel\u2014that operates nary a casino.) Hollywood Casino<\/strong> had but 3% and Caesars Palace Online <\/strong>7.5%. Sports betting held at an insane 14.5%, meaning that handle of $302.5 million translated into revenue of $44.5 million. FanDuel clobbered DraftKings, $18.5 million to $13 million. BetMGM made do with $5.5 million, PointsBet<\/strong> $4 million, ESPN Bet<\/strong> $1.5 million and Caesars Sportsbook<\/strong> $1 million. The Caesars folks talk big about their online product but the numbers don’t bear it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not to be forgotten, Detroit<\/strong>‘s private-sector casinos combined for $100.5 million, a 4% dip. MGM Grand Detroi<\/strong>t, where guests go to be beaten up, was flat at $48.5 million. Motor City<\/strong> slipped 2.5% to $30.5 million and Hollywood Greektown<\/strong>, for which we had high hopes, plunged 12.5% to $21 million.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On a same-store basis,<\/strong> casinos in Louisiana<\/strong> have finally broken out of their long slump, posting numbers that are flat with last year’s. Pelican State casinos recorded a $209 million haul, 6% up when expansion is not taken into account. Perhaps due to heavy promotional activity (no other explanation seems rational), Horseshoe Bossier City<\/strong> moonshot itself 61.5% to $10.5 million and into close contention with new Louisiana Live<\/strong> ($11.5 million). Longtime leader Margaritaville<\/strong> slid 11% but retained Bossier City\/Shreveport<\/strong> supremacy with $14.5 million. Everyone else was in dire shape: Boomtown Bossier<\/strong> $3.5 million (-18.5%), Sam’s Town Shreveport<\/strong> $3 million (-23%), Bally’s Shreveport<\/strong> $7.5 million (-20%) and Louisiana Downs<\/strong> $3 million (-17%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baton Rouge<\/strong> was about as positive as Bossier City\/Shreveport was gloomy. Decrepit Belle of Baton Rouge<\/strong> vaulted 43% to $900,000 and nearby Queen Casino<\/strong> jumped 19% to $9 million. L’Auberge Baton Rouge<\/strong> stayed on top with $15 million but slipped 2%. In the Crescent City, Caesars New Orleans<\/strong> finally showed signs of stealing Treasure Chest<\/strong>‘s thunder. The Caesars Entertainment<\/strong> property leapt 34% to $20.5 million to Treasure Chest’s $13.5 million (2.5% up). Boomtown New Orleans<\/strong> slipped 3.5% to $9.5 million and Fair Ground<\/strong>s slid 6.5% to $3.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s not forget lucrative Lake Charles<\/strong>, where the seesaw battle for first place went to L’Auberge du Lac<\/strong>, flat but good for $27 million. Arch rival Golden Nugget<\/strong> tumbled 14.5% to $24 million. Delta Downs<\/strong> ceded a point to reach $14 million while Horseshoe Lake Charles<\/strong> gained 4% but was looking up at everybody else from $8 million. The two Boyd Gaming<\/strong> outliers lost ground. Amelia Belle<\/strong> faded 7.5% to $2.5 million and Evangeline Downs<\/strong> was down 5% to $6 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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