Online poker in Pennsylvania had its best month since last summer. All these players helped generate more than $3 million in poker revenue in Pennsylvania. (Image: GeoComply) According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board , the four online poker rooms pulled in $3.2 million, up $600,000, or 23%, from July. The breakdown: PokerStars, $1.914 million
WSOP, $819,249
BetMGM, $345,983
Borgata, $117,440
August was the first full month for WSOP in Pennsylvania. Opening since mid-July, WSOP increased its earnings by nearly a half-million dollars. All the sites except PokerStars saw increases. Borgata made about $20,000 more, BetMGM, about $55,000 more and PokerStars made about $60,000 less. PokerStars dominance wanes
PokerStars launched in Pennsylvania in November 2019 and enjoyed an online poker monopoly until BetMGM joined in April. August’s haul puts PokerStars close to the $59 million mark.
August was PokerStars second-worst performing month, but was online poker’s fourth-best month since the market opened in 2019. In February 2020, it pulled in $1.8 million.
PokerStars is still the dominant force in Pennsylvania online poker, accounting for 59.4% of the state’s overall revenue. Slotted for last?
Total gambling revenue across all 16 casinos, fantasy games, and video gaming terminals hit $408 million, $25 million less than July. Pennsylvania took $168,844,089 in taxes.The total online gaming revenue across the six casinos that only run online slots and table games was $85.6 million.As usual, both at the brick-and-mortar casinos and online, slots emptied the most pockets. The digital bandits took in $276 million in August — $209.8 million in retail locations, and $66.3 million online.Table game revenue for August totaled $101.5 million ($86.3 million at the casinos, $19.2 million online). Video terminals that operate in 58 establishments across Pennsylvania brought in $41.7 million. Sports wagering brought in another $18 million — PGCB doesn’t break down how much of that takes place online.Fantasy sports pulled in $1.6 million, with FanDuel and DraftKings taking all but around $7,000 of that.Online poker revenue represents less than 4% of online play in the Commonwealth. PA poker potential Back in April 2020, PokerStars hit a watermark of $5.2 […]
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