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Delaware online casinos broke the revenue record for the third straight month. iGaming revenue reached $5.75 million in August, showing a 10.73% monthly increase and a staggering 419.40% annual rise.
The state is home to three online casinos, run and operated by BetRivers:
- Delaware Park
- Bally’s Dover
- Harrington Raceway & Casino
Key takeaways
- Delaware iGaming revenue topped $5M in July, the first time in the state’s online casino history.
- Delaware Park Casino remains the top performer for online table games and slots.
- Delaware online casino revenue continued to increase after January when Rush Street Interactive (RSI) partnered with the state.
Delaware online casino revenue sets record at $5.75M
Delaware Park Casino is once again the best performer of the state’s three casinos, with 54.47% of the total iGaming revenue in August.
As shown in the table below, Harrington Casino & Raceway showed the biggest, two-digit monthly progress, contributing to the total 10.73% monthly rev. increase:
| August | July | Monthly change | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware Park Casino | $3,132,140 | $2,851,216 | 9.85% |
| Bally’s Dover | $1,078,384 | $1,018,743 | 5.85% |
| Harrington Casino & Raceway | $1,540,271 | 1,323,776 | 16.35% |
| Total | $5,750,795 | $5,193,734 | 10.73% |
Table game win and slot win set records in August
According to the Delaware Lottery, which regulates and oversees gambling in the state, the trio of state casinos all showed monthly progress in both table game and online slot divisions in August.
The Delaware Lottery August 2024 report also shows that registrations increased in Delaware Park (by 22) and Bally’s Dover (by 2), while they dropped in Harrington (by 22).
Here’s a look at how monthly revenue has changed since August 2023:
| Table game revenue | Slots revenue | Total | Monthly change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | $2,009,796 | $3,740,999 | $5,750,795 | 10.73% |
| July | $1,616,617 | $3,577,117 | $5,193,734 | 3.31% |
| June | $1,550,997 | $3,476,204 | $5,027,201 | 29.02% |
| May | $1,227,452 | $2,668,981 | $3,896,433 | -12.21% |
| April | $1,143,095 | $3,295,447 | $4,438,542 | -4.16% |
| March | $1,299,716 | $3,331,653 | $4,631,369 | 19.68% |
| February | $1,086,849 | $2,783,004 | $3,869,854 | 13.52% |
| January | $1,031,037 | $2,377,907 | $3,408,944 | 192.21% |
| December | $198,328 | $968,264 | $1,166,592 | 4.57% |
| November | $217,234 | $898,404 | $1,115,639 | 13.50% |
| October | $195,972 | $786,947 | $982,919 | -11.36% |
| September | $252,548 | $856,402 | $1,108,950 | 0.16% |
| August | $154,696 | $952,437 | $1,107,133 | -6.31% |
iGaming revenue from table games and online slots steadily increased from January to March. The monthly decrease in total iGaming revenue happened in April and May and continued to rise since June.
Since the beginning of the year, wins from table games dropped only once, in April, as online slot wins decreased in April and May.
Things had drastically started to change when RSI took over DE online casinos in January, during which monthly iGaming revenue rose more than 192%.
Looking at the previous 12 months, we can expect Delaware’s monthly revenue numbers to rise, especially as we approach year’s end.
As for the rest of the year, we expect Delaware’s monthly revenue growth to slow.
Delaware contributes to US iGaming revenue numbers
As one of the seven regulated US online casino states, here’s how Delaware compares to other legal markets in August:
- Pennsylvania (population of almost 13 million) won nearly $225M in online casino revenue
- New Jersey (population of 9.3 million people) generated $198.4M in iGaming revenue
- Michigan (10 million people) reported $196.7M in revenue
- Two online casinos in Connecticut (of over 3.6 million people) won $44.6M
- West Virginia (with nearly 1.8 million people) produced $20.4M in gross gaming revenue
- Delaware (with a population of a little over 1 million) comes next with iGaming revenue of $5.75M
- Rhode Island has yet to reveal its online casino numbers for the last month
Our US monthly online casino revenue roundup goes into more detail on how Delaware iGaming revenue compares to other legal online casino states.
