- Internet gaming win finished September at $274.8 million, a 13.0% increase on the $243.1 million won 12 months earlier.
- The nine Atlantic City casino floors won $227.8 million, down 1.3%, leaving online ahead by $47.0 million.
- Online has led the floors in seven of nine months this year, and September’s margin is the widest since February.
- Internet gaming generated $61.1 million in state taxes in September, against $16.6 million in casino taxes from the floors.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey internet gaming win came to $274.8 million in September, a 13.0% gain over September 2025 that left the state’s online casinos $47.0 million ahead of the nine casino floors in Atlantic City, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement reported Oct. 19. The floors won $227.8 million, down 1.3%, which made September the first month since June that online finished ahead.
Online Led In Seven Of Nine Months
The division’s monthly releases show online ahead of the floors in every month of 2026 except July and August, when the floors’ summer win reached $304.2 million and $294.9 million.
September’s $47.0 million margin is the widest since February’s $48.9 million, and it compares with the $12.4 million gap of September 2025, when online won $243.1 million to the floors’ $230.7 million. The 2026 lead for New Jersey online casinos has widened as well, to $165.9 million from $118.9 million through August.
| Month | Internet Gaming Win | Casino Win | Online Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | $258.9 million | $213.3 million | +$45.6 million |
| February | $251.8 million | $202.9 million | +$48.9 million |
| March | $272.1 million | $236.7 million | +$35.4 million |
| April | $263.1 million | $235.6 million | +$27.5 million |
| May | $276.3 million | $265.6 million | +$10.6 million |
| June | $271.0 million | $257.3 million | +$13.8 million |
| July | $276.9 million | $304.2 million | -$27.3 million |
| August | $259.3 million | $294.9 million | -$35.6 million |
| September | $274.8 million | $227.8 million | +$47.0 million |
| Year to date | $2,404.2 million | $2,238.3 million | +$165.9 million |
Monthly leads are calculated from the division’s unrounded figures. Source: New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.
Floors Swing $101.3 Million, Online Holds A $25.1 Million Range
The floors’ monthly win has ranged from $202.9 million in February to $304.2 million in July, a $101.3 million swing. Online win stayed between $251.8 million and $276.9 million, a $25.1 million range, so the monthly lead has moved with the floors rather than with online. September’s $227.8 million was the floors’ third-lowest month of the year, while online’s $274.8 million was its third-highest, behind July’s $276.9 million and May’s $276.3 million.
The nine-month internet gaming total stands at $2.40 billion, a 13.2% increase from $2.12 billion, against $2.24 billion in casino win, which is up 1.4%.
Online Gains Outweigh Declines Elsewhere
The division put total gaming revenue at $579.6 million for September, a 2.8% increase. Internet gaming supplied $31.7 million of growth. Casino win slipped $2.9 million, and sports wagering revenue dropped to $77.0 million, a 14.3% decline.
Without internet gaming, total revenue would have dropped about $15.8 million.
Internet gaming win also counts New Jersey online poker, where peer-to-peer play won $2.34 million, down 5.2%. The rest of the figure, $272.4 million, rose 13.2%. The release joins the monthly state filings tracked across USA gambling sites.
Internet Gaming Paid 3.7 Times The Floors’ Taxes
Internet gaming generated $61.1 million in taxes in September, the division’s tax table shows, against $16.6 million in casino taxes from the floors. That is about 3.7 times the floors’ tax on win that was only about 1.2 times as large.
Online pays a 19.75% gross revenue tax, $54.3 million for the month, and a 2.5% investment alternative tax, $6.9 million. The floors pay 8%, $13.7 million, and 1.25%, $2.8 million, and a footnote in the division’s tax table says the floors’ gross revenue tax figure reflects the tax effect of promotional gaming credits.
Through September, internet gaming has produced $534.5 million in taxes against $164.0 million from the floors. State law routes both investment alternative taxes through the Atlantic City PILOT statute, the city’s payment-in-lieu-of-taxes law, and the division’s recipient table lists $9.7 million in Atlantic City PILOT investment alternative taxes for September.
The division’s October report is next.