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Pennsylvania Gambling Revenue: $6.80 Billion in 2025
Pennsylvania’s regulated gambling market generated combined revenue of $6,796,211,719 in calendar year 2025, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). That is 10.74% above the $6,137,089,054 reported for 2024 and the fifth consecutive year of growth. The total combines six categories: slot machines, table games, iGaming, sports wagering, video gaming terminals at truck stops, and fantasy contests. iGaming, meaning online casino games, was the largest at $2,775,554,529 and grew 27.22%, while retail slot machine and table game revenue both fell slightly. Tax revenue and the annual slot machine license operation fee totaled $2,981,246,257. This profile compiles the PGCB’s published figures for 2022 through 2025, then calculates category shares, growth rates and tax ratios from them.
What the PGCB Reports and How It Defines Revenue
The PGCB oversees 18 land-based casinos, online casino games, retail and online sports wagering, video gaming terminals (VGTs) at qualified truck stops, and online fantasy contests. Its land-based casinos include six racetrack casinos, five stand-alone casinos, two resort casinos and five mini-casinos. At the end of 2025 there were 75 VGT facilities in the state.
The figures in this article are gross revenue as the PGCB reports it: what operators keep from wagers after paying winnings, before taxes and costs. For sports wagering, revenue is not the same as handle, which is the total amount wagered through retail and online channels. The PGCB’s combined figure is the sum of its six revenue categories, reported by calendar year.
Tax revenue in the PGCB’s release includes the annual slot machine license operation fee, which the 11 category 1 and 2 casinos pay at $10 million each and which goes to the Local Share fund. The PGCB states that tax figures are amounts generated before any adjustments by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. This profile reports each number as the PGCB published it and does not combine it with other states’ figures, which use different definitions.
The Data: Revenue by Type, 2022 to 2025
Table 1 lists the PGCB’s combined revenue and its six categories for each of the last four calendar years, in dollars.
| Category | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | $2,390,757,300 | $2,463,698,452 | $2,447,354,419 | $2,432,109,649 |
| Table games | $990,568,468 | $971,742,564 | $937,153,860 | $925,406,724 |
| iGaming | $1,364,392,468 | $1,741,832,079 | $2,181,669,449 | $2,775,554,529 |
| Sports wagering | $401,208,108 | $458,616,339 | $510,716,858 | $602,495,582 |
| Video gaming terminals | $42,079,447 | $41,237,349 | $41,525,888 | $41,478,466 |
| Fantasy contests | $22,329,896 | $20,091,332 | $18,668,580 | $19,166,770 |
| Combined total | $5,211,335,687 | $5,697,218,115 | $6,137,089,054 | $6,796,211,719 |
The 2025 total rose by $659,122,665 over 2024, calculated as the difference between the two PGCB totals. iGaming alone added $593,885,080 of that increase, which is 90.1% of the change. Over the three years from 2022 to 2025, the combined total grew 30.4%, from $5,211,335,687 to $6,796,211,719.
where: current is the revenue for the later period; prior is the revenue for the earlier period.
Applied to the totals, ($6,796,211,719 − $6,137,089,054) ÷ $6,137,089,054 gives 10.74%, the same rate the PGCB reports. The compound annual growth rate over 2022 to 2025 is about 9.3%. Across the six categories the PGCB’s yearly figures sum exactly to its totals in 2022, 2023 and 2024, and to within one dollar of rounding in 2025.
Breakdown: Retail Casinos, iGaming and Sports Wagering
| Category | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slot machines | +3.05% | -0.66% | -0.62% |
| Table games | -1.90% | -3.56% | -1.25% |
| iGaming | +27.66% | +25.25% | +27.22% |
| Sports wagering | +14.31% | +11.36% | +17.97% |
| Video gaming terminals | -2.00% | +0.70% | -0.11% |
| Fantasy contests | -10.02% | -7.08% | +2.67% |
| Combined total | +9.32% | +7.72% | +10.74% |
Retail slot machines produced $2,432,109,649 in 2025, down 0.62% from 2024, and table games $925,406,724, down 1.25%. Together the two retail casino categories were $3,357,516,373, which is 49.4% of the combined total and 0.7% below their 2022 level of $3,381,325,768. The PGCB lists slot revenue for 17 casinos; the largest single reported figure was $374,702,427.
iGaming revenue of $2,775,554,529 came from the 12 providers the PGCB lists, and the PGCB reports the three largest as Hollywood Casino at Penn National at $1,055,489,205, Valley Forge Casino Resort at $777,657,616 and Rivers Casino Philadelphia at $441,578,739. Those three account for 82.0% of the iGaming total, calculated by WagerFacts. Sports wagering revenue was $602,495,582, up 17.97%, and the PGCB reports handle of $8.8 billion, up 5.19% from $8.4 billion; both handle figures are rounded in the release. Video gaming terminals produced $41,478,466 and fantasy contests $19,166,770.
Comparison: Mix Shift and Tax Revenue
where: category revenue is the PGCB figure for one category; combined revenue is the PGCB total for the same calendar year.
| Year | Retail casino (slots and tables) | iGaming | Sports wagering | Other (VGT and fantasy) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 64.9% | 26.2% | 7.7% | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 60.3% | 30.6% | 8.0% | 1.1% |
| 2024 | 55.1% | 35.5% | 8.3% | 1.0% |
| 2025 | 49.4% | 40.8% | 8.9% | 0.9% |
The retail casino share fell from 64.9% of combined revenue in 2022 to 49.4% in 2025, while iGaming rose from 26.2% to 40.8% and sports wagering from 7.7% to 8.9%. In 2025 iGaming and sports wagering together reached 49.7%, passing the retail casino share for the first time in the four years shown.
Tax revenue plus the slot license operation fee was $2,981,246,257 in 2025, up 11.93% from $2,663,523,379 in 2024. Dividing each by the combined revenue gives 43.9% in 2025 and 43.4% in 2024. This blended ratio is not a statutory rate, because the numerator includes the license fee and covers several gaming categories. Using the rounded $8.8 billion handle, sports wagering hold was about 6.8% in 2025, against about 6.1% on $8.4 billion in 2024.
Methodology & Limitations
Dataset: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, press release PA Gaming Control Board Reports Record Gaming Revenue for 2025, January 21, 2026, including its table of combined revenue by year and its tables by casino, provider and operator, accessed October 2026. All revenue, handle and tax figures are reproduced exactly as published; no figure was estimated, extrapolated or taken from another publisher.
Calculations: percent changes use the formula shown above; shares divide each category by the combined total of the same year; the compound annual rate is (2025 total ÷ 2022 total) raised to one third, minus one; the iGaming share of growth divides the iGaming increase by the total increase; the tax ratio divides tax revenue plus the license fee by combined revenue; hold divides sports wagering revenue by the rounded handle. Percentages are rounded to one or two decimals as shown.
Limitations: the combined 2025 categories sum to one dollar above the published total, a rounding difference. The sports wagering handle is published only in rounded billions, so hold is approximate. The release gives tax revenue for calendar years and a separate $3.1 billion figure for state fiscal year 2025/26, and these periods are not combined here. Revenue is gross, not profit, and the PGCB may revise figures in later monthly reports. Comparing these numbers with other states requires checking each regulator’s own definitions.
Key Figures at a Glance
The table summarizes the core Pennsylvania figures for calendar year 2025.
| Figure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Combined gaming revenue | $6,796,211,719 | CY 2025 | PGCB |
| Change from 2024 | +10.74% | CY 2025 | PGCB |
| iGaming revenue | $2,775,554,529 | CY 2025 | PGCB |
| Slot machine revenue | $2,432,109,649 | CY 2025 | PGCB |
| Table games revenue | $925,406,724 | CY 2025 | PGCB |
| Sports wagering revenue | $602,495,582 | CY 2025 | PGCB |
| Tax revenue plus slot license fee | $2,981,246,257 | CY 2025 | PGCB |
| iGaming share of combined revenue | 40.8% | CY 2025 | Calculated from PGCB |
Related Data and Next Steps
To see how Pennsylvania fits the national picture, read U.S. commercial gaming market size by year. For sports wagering handle and revenue across the country, see U.S. sports betting handle and revenue for 2025, and for another regulator’s casino detail, see Nevada casino win and hold by game. Future updates can add monthly figures and per-adult comparisons using official population data. The 2025 total of $6.80 billion is this profile’s benchmark.
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