New Jersey’s online casinos brought in more money than Atlantic City’s nine land-based casinos in June, the first time that’s happened in that specific month since online casino gaming launched in the state back in 2013.
The numbers
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement reported Internet Gaming Win of $271.0 million for June, up 17.5% from June 2025. Atlantic City’s casino win, the revenue from the physical casino floors, came in at $257.3 million, down 0.7% year over year. Online casinos out-earned the Boardwalk’s casino floors by roughly $13.7 million for the month.
It’s not a one-month blip. Year-to-date through June, online casinos have generated $1.59 billion, up 15%, compared to $1.1 billion from land-based casinos, up a slower 2.3%. Online play is now running roughly $490 million ahead of the physical casino floors for the year so far. Total gaming revenue across every vertical the state tracks, online casinos, land-based casinos, and sports betting, reached $585.6 million for the month and $3.52 billion year-to-date.
Sports wagering had a rougher month: revenue fell 37.7% to $57.3 million even as the total amount bet actually rose 16%. The state attributes that to how much sportsbooks paid out on the NBA Finals and the FIFA World Cup, an unusually bettor-friendly month rather than a sign of declining interest.
Records inside the record
The $271 million total is the fourth-highest monthly figure in New Jersey online casino history, and it marks the first time the market has posted back-to-back months above $270 million. It’s also the ninth consecutive month online casinos have cleared $250 million.
FanDuel led all 26 licensed operators with $62.5 million in June, followed by DraftKings at $47.1 million and BetMGM at $35.4 million, a personal best for BetMGM in New Jersey. Those three platforms alone accounted for more than 53% of the state’s entire online casino revenue.
Why this keeps happening
New Jersey has always run one of the country’s most mature online casino markets, but June’s numbers land in a month that usually favors the Boardwalk’s physical casinos, when summer tourism is at its peak. Online casinos out-earning Atlantic City in the dead of winter is one thing. Doing it in June is a clearer signal that players are shifting where they play, not just when. It’s a pattern showing up elsewhere too: Pennsylvania’s iGaming revenue overtook its retail slot machines for the first time this year, and New Jersey itself set an all-time monthly online casino record just one month earlier, in May. The two biggest regulated iGaming states in the country are both telling the same story: online is no longer the side business.
