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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Reports Record iGaming Revenue for December

Ziv Chen

Last Updated: January 20, 2025 1:34 PM EST • 2 min read.

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Some good news out of the Keystone State, which is home to many of our best sportsbooks and has a flourishing real-money online casino scene.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced its iGaming figures for December, highlighting a record-breaking month for the Keystone State. Total revenue reached over $223.6 million, an 11.6% month-on-month increase from November’s $200.4 million reported revenue, the previous record. This figure also represents a year-on-year increase of 35.5%, with December’s revenue total increasing from the $165.1 million reported last December.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board splits PA online casino revenue into iSlots, iTables, and iPoker. Last month, iSlots generated the highest amount at $164.2 million, with Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course contributing $60.1 million in revenue. Valley Forge Casino Resort closely followed this, reaching over $41.9 million in iSlots revenue for December 2024. 

iTables generated a statewide total of $56.9 million in revenue, with Hollywood Casino at Penn National Racecourse being the casino operator with the highest contribution, generating $25.8 million in iTables revenue for the month. Valley Forge Casino Resort followed this at $19.2 million in iTables revenue, and Mohegan Pennsylvania generated the lowest amount at $104,041 in revenue for December. 

Only four casino operators reported iPoker revenue for December, totaling $2.4 million. Of this amount, Mount Airy Casino Resort provided the highest amount, reporting reaching over $1.2 million in iPoker revenue. Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course generated $495,284 in iPoker revenue. Harrah’s Philadelphia reported $387,065 in revenue, and Rivers Casino Philadelphia reached $314,714 in revenue. 

Which operators had the best month

Comparing individual operators to iGaming revenue reported in last December, all casino operators, bar three, had revenue increases. 

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Racecourse reported the highest December iGaming revenue for December 2024, with a 41.79% year-on-year increase from $60.9 million. Regardless, Golden Nugget Casino had the most significant year-on-year change, rising from $3.6 million in December 2023 to $8.1 million, an astonishing 125% revenue increase. 

The second casino operator with the highest percentage change was Valley Forge Casino Resort, with a 48.4% year-on-year increase in revenue from $41.2 million to $61.2 million. Hollywood Casino at Penn National Racecourse closely followed this, reporting a 42% year-on-year increase in iGaming revenue. Then, Bally’s Pennsylvania had a year-on-year difference of 44.7%, with revenue increasing from $2.7 million to $4 million last month. 

However, Wind Creek Bethlehem had the most significant revenue deduction, with a 25.24% year-on-year revenue decrease from $2.1 million to $1.5 million last month. This was followed by Harrah’s Philadelphia, which reported a 3.5% drop from $9.8 million in December 2023 to $9.5 million. Mohegan Pennsylvania was the final casino operator to announce a revenue decrease, reporting a fall from $1.68 million to $1.66 million, a 1.5% year-on-year decrease. 

Sportsbooks failed to impact revenues

Despite the record rise in iGaming figures, the sports betting figures could not replicate the same success in the Keystone State. Pennsylvania sports betting apps in the Pennsylvania sports betting market contributed to a 70% year-on-year drop in taxable revenue from $72.5 million last December to $21.8 million last month.

The December 2024 revenues were also a significant drop from the record figures generated in November 2024, with sportsbooks generating $77.1 million from a sports betting handle of $935.5 million.

Written By:
Ziv Chen
Ziv has over two decades of experience in the igaming and sports betting industry, having served in senior marketing and business development positions with both B2C and B2B companies, including Playtech and Microgaming. In 2019, Ziv decided to pursue his passion for writing and became a fulltime industry journalist, covering casino, sports, and gambling business news. He’s specialties include casino games and technology, US state gambling regulation, company performance, as well as gambling affiliates and marketing. As a Pitt graduate, Ziv is a diehard fan of all Pittsburgh sports teams, with the Steelers at the top of the list. In his free time, he enjoys reading crime fiction, biographies (mainly of sports personalities, but not only) and American history. Ziv’s Favorite quote: “We're going to pursue perfection, knowing full well we won't catch it, but we're going to relentlessly chase it," Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach.