VGTs at truck stops, which at the end of the year amounted to 66 VGT facilities across the state, posted a 5.6% increase in revenue at $42 million. Hollywood Casino at Penn National placed first here, with $561.2 million in revenue, followed by Rivers Casino Philadelphia ($326.4 million) and Valley Forge Casino Resort ($255.5 million). IGaming delivered an even better year, with its revenue increasing by 22.6% to $1.4 billion, produced by 10 online gaming operators. Hollywood Casino at The Meadows placed second at $76.2 million in revenue, and Hollywood Casino at Penn National was third at $21.6 million. Valley Forge Casino Resort was the vertical’s leader, posting $210 million in revenue, thanks to an almost 40% increase. Revenue jumped by almost 18% to $401.2 million, while the total amount of bets, both retail and online, was $7.2 billion, a 10.7% increase from 2021. Last year was a great one for sports wagering as well, which posted both increases in revenue and handle. Wind Creek Bethlehem dominated this vertical at $243.7 million and a massive 31.6% hike, followed by Parx Casino ($204.9 million, 1.4% down), Live! Casino Philadelphia ($100.4 million), Rivers Casino Philadelphia ($98.2 million, 3% down), and Rivers Casino Pittsburgh ($88.2 million). Retail table games revenue saw an even greater jump, increasing 7.1% year-over-year. Despite an almost 4% decrease in revenue, Parx Casino led the segment at $393.8 million in slot machine revenue, followed by Wind Creek Bethlehem ($272 million), Rivers Casino Pittsburgh ($266.9 million), Mohegan Pennsylvania ($185 million), and Hollywood Casino at The Meadows ($162.8 million).

Slot machine gaming posted a 4.5% increase in 2022 when compared to the $2.3 billion generated in 2021. Most of it came from gross revenue from slot machines at the state’s casinos, by far the most profitable vertical at $2.4 billion in revenue, followed by iGaming ($1.4 billion), table games ($990.6 million), sports betting ($401.2 million) and VGTs and fantasy contests ($64.3 million). The hike in gambling win also resulted in record combined tax revenue production in 2022, at $2.1 billion, up from $1.9 billion in 2021.

In calendar year 2022, the combined win of slot machines, table games, sports wagering, iGaming, video gaming terminals (VGTs) and fantasy contests totaled $5.2 billion, compared to $4.7 billion in 2021, making it the nation’s second-richest gaming state.

Pennsylvania has posted a new record year for legal gambling, according to a report from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), with revenue nearly a half billion dollars higher than the previous year.

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