Web playing income continues to soar in New Jersey. In-person income? Not a lot.

By WAYNE PARRY

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Web playing income continues to soar in New Jersey, the place on-line casinos are accounting for a rising share of the betting pie: Atlantic Metropolis’s casinos and their on-line companions gained $182 million in web bets in February.

Figures launched Friday by the state Division of Gaming Enforcement present that sports activities betting additionally did properly in a month that included the Tremendous Bowl.

These two more moderen types of playing helped the casinos, racetracks that settle for sports activities bets and their on-line companions absorb over $461 million in February, a rise of 12% from February 2023.

However the information was not all good: Atlantic Metropolis’s 9 casinos gained $211.5 million from in-person gamblers, down 1.6% from a 12 months earlier.

Whereas the casinos collectively exceeded the $196 million they gained from in-person gamblers in February 2019, earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic hit, solely three of the casinos individually gained extra in individual this February than they did in February 2019.

“Distant gaming choices proceed to be vital for Atlantic Metropolis’s gaming operations, particularly within the shoulder months when seasonal climate patterns are most probably to maintain gamblers at dwelling,” mentioned Jane Bokunewicz. “Regardless of an additional day within the month, a moist and wintry February saved brick-and-mortar revenues for Atlantic Metropolis casinos modest.”

The casinos contemplate in-person playing to be their core enterprise. Cash from web playing and sports activities betting should be shared with outdoors events like sports activities books and know-how platforms, and it’s not solely for the casinos to maintain.

With all three sorts of income mixed, the Borgata gained over $98 million, down 3.1% from a 12 months earlier; Golden Nugget gained $62.9 million, up over 31%; Laborious Rock gained $55 million, up 24%; Ocean gained $37.6 million, up almost 25%; and Tropicana gained over $30 million, up 15%.

Bally’s gained almost $19 million, up almost 5%; Harrah’s gained $18.7 million, down 11%; Caesars gained $16.2 million, down 15.5%; and Resorts gained $12.1 million, down 4.3%.

When it comes to in-person income, Borgata gained $53.6 million, down 6.7%; Laborious Rock gained $41.1 million, up 9.6%; Ocean gained over $31 million, up over 18%; Harrah’s gained $18.2 million, down 14.7%; and Tropicana gained $16.6 million, down 3.1%.

Caesars gained $16.4 million, down 13.7%; Resorts gained $12.2 million, down 3.6%; Golden Nugget gained $11.6 million, up 4:, and Bally’s gained $10.6 million, down over 13%.

When it comes to internet-only entities, Resorts Digital, the on line casino’s on-line arm, gained $72.2 million, up almost 50%, and Caesars Interactive Leisure NJ gained $5.5 million, down almost 33%.

Over $1 billion in whole sports activities bets had been made in New Jersey in February. Of that whole, $67.5 million was saved as income by the casinos, tracks and their companions after paying out profitable bets and different bills.