THE PULSE OF THE CASINO INDUSTRY

Online gaming continues to buck wider trend in NJ

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Internet gaming win in the US state of New Jersey was $25.6m in March, up 17.6 per cent year-on-year, against $21.7m in March 2017, tempering the 3.6 per cent drop in land-based win.

Total gaming win across the land-based and online casino industry in the Garden State was $218.5m, a 1.5 per cent drop on the $221.9m posted in the same month last year.

Year-to-date figures echo the monthly trends with total industry win down 5.9 per cent to  $594.9m. In contrast, online gaming win to date this year has increased 17.3 per cent to $69.5m for 2018.

The leading online gaming brand in the state continues to be Golden Nugget. A year-on-year 40 per cent jump took Golden Nugget’s March win to $8.66m, nearly double the totals posted by each of Borgata, Caesars Interactive, Resorts and Tropicana.

The largest land-based operator remains Borgata, which saw a modest 0.6 per cent year-on-year rise to a win of $60.29m. The biggest loser was Caesars, which saw brick-and-mortar win slump 25 per cent to $21.9m in the month.

Stewart Darkin

Stewart Darkin

Stewart has been in gaming journalism since 2012, working across online and land-based betting and gaming sectors, in both print and digital media. Following five years as editor of iNTERGAMINGi magazine, Stewart joined SBC in January 2018 to oversee the growth and development of the CasinoBeats brand. He has a wife, two kids, two dogs and two degrees, and – as a Spurs fan – continues to believe that the good times are just around the corner.

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