Figures released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) for July 2025 show that the state generated $557.7 million in gaming revenue for the month, an 11.4% increase over the same period last year.
Pennsylvania’s gaming revenue is generated by regulated retail and online sports betting sites, internet gaming, slot machines, table games, video gaming terminals and fantasy contests.
A standout success was the iGaming sector, which produced revenue of $228.2 million in adjusted gross revenue (AGR), a sizeable increase of 30.9% year-on-year.
That was the second-highest AGR for the segment, behind March’s return of $238.2 million.
Penn National Leading The Way
The driving force behind that positive result was Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, which returned an online gambling revenue of $87.8 million, a 37.2% increase on July 2024.
Penn National features online casino operators such as DraftKings, BetMGM and Fanatics but their revenue is reported collectively.
The venue also recorded the highest gaming amount among all of Pennsylvania’s regulated casinos, posting $103.4 million, which was an increase of 30.1% over the same month last year.
Valley Forge, which offers FanDuel Casino and Stardust Casino, posted the second highest return for online gambling, with $77 million, and an overall gaming amount of $88.8 million.
Slot machine revenue enjoyed a modest rise of 2.1%, reaching $208.5 million.
Parx Casino led the way for slots with $30.9 million, just $300,000 above July 2024’s return, but Wind Creek Bethlehem’s slot revenue fell 3.8% to $23 million.
Table games revenue was $76.2 million, a decrease of 4% on the $79.4 million recorded in 2024.
Sports betting dipped slightly, earning $40.6 million for the month, down 0.5% on last year’s figure, on a sports handle of $412.5 million.
Sports betting apps such as BetMGM, FanDuel, DraftKings and bet365 are all legalised within the state.
Valley Forge Casino Resort produced $15.5 million of sports betting revenue for July, taking in $140.9 million of wagering through the month.
Total tax revenue from gaming and fantasy contests for July reached $238.5 million.
On the same day as releasing it’s July figures, the PGCB also announced it had renewed the licenses of Presque Isles Downs and Casino and Hollywood Casino Morgantown.
Online Gaming The New King
The figures reported for July continue the trend that appeared when the PGCB announced its record revenues for the fiscal year July 2024 to June 2025.
The report issued last month showed online gaming had taken over from slots as the largest gambling revenue generator in Pennsylvania.
Overall gambling activity generated a record $6.4 billion in fiscal year revenues, with online gaming generating $2.48 billion in FY2024-25, a record for the segment, showing a weighty 27.1% increase on the previous fiscal year.
That figure eased iGaming ahead of the $2.44 billion returned by slot machines based in casinos.
Jim Munro is a betting industry and gambling expert who has been a national newspaper journalist for over 30 years, predominantly at The Sunday Times and The Sun, where he wrote a weekly soccer betting column. Jim also worked on the launch of Virgin Bet with Gamesys and was subsequently head of editorial at LiveScore, the sports media and betting group.
