Pennsylvania’s regulated gaming market generated $555 million in September, a 4.07% increase from a year earlier, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. Gaming taxes totaled $242.6 million for the month.
Sports wagering was the fastest-growing major category. Revenue climbed 50.45% to $44.7 million, even as handle fell 6.09% to $798.7 million. Online betting supplied $40.3 million of sports wagering revenue, while retail sportsbooks produced $4.4 million.
This follows July’s 6% statewide revenue increase, as we reported in August. The September result came after August’s overall market decline, although the board’s figures show annual growth across the latest month.
Internet gaming remained the largest individual revenue category at $249.3 million, up 6.82% from September 2025. Online slots generated $197.4 million, rising 8.99%, while online table games slipped 0.63% to $49.7 million and online poker fell 1.76% to $2.3 million.
Land-based slots brought in $196.2 million, a 2.44% annual increase. Retail table-games revenue, however, fell 18.07% to $60.2 million. Fantasy-contest revenue dropped 23.75% to $1.5 million, while video gaming terminal adjusted revenue declined 4.9% to $3.2 million. The number of qualified truck stops offering VGTs fell to 72 from 74 a year earlier, even as retail slot-machine count rose to 24,523 from 24,331.
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course led all Pennsylvania casinos with $113.6 million in total September revenue, up 11.84%. Valley Forge Casino Resort followed with $96.6 million, and Rivers Casino Philadelphia generated $55.7 million.
The sharp sports wagering gain included particularly strong results at Hollywood Casino at the Meadows, where sports betting revenue rose 207.9% to $12.6 million, and Hollywood Casino York, where it jumped 824.22% to $3.2 million. Across the prior fiscal year, Pennsylvania casinos and other PGCB-regulated gaming produced $3.1 billion in tax and fee revenue.
