Atlantic City Casinos Win $213M in January as Online Gaming Climbs 17%

Atlantic City's nine casinos pulled in $213.2 million from in-person gamblers this January. That's up 1.6% from last year. Online gaming soared to $258.9 million, jumping 17% compared with January 2025.

Slot machines did the heavy lifting. They kept $150.6 million, climbing 3.5% year-over-year. But table games slipped 2.9%, bringing in $62.7 million.

Hard Rock crushed it with a 21% spike, raking in $45.9 million. The Boardwalk property drew crowds with Mike Tyson's One Man Show and a Jason Aldean concert that month.

Caesars climbed 8% to $14.8 million while Bally's ticked up 4% to $10 million. Resorts added 2%, hitting $11 million. Ocean inched up 1% to $35.5 million.

Borgata's gross gaming haul dropped 6% to $56.7 million. Tropicana tumbled 14% to $13 million, Golden Nugget slid 4% to $9.8 million, and Harrah's fell 3% to $16.6 million.

January's numbers hint at recovery for Bally's, Caesars, and Resorts. Each one suffered year-over-year drops throughout 2025.

This strong start builds on 2025's momentum, when brick-and-mortar wins grew 2.7% over the previous year. The nine properties generated $2.89 billion in gross gaming revenue — the city's strongest showing in over ten years.

Online slots, table games, and poker brought in $258.9 million during January. Sports betting contributed $114.2 million, though that's down 6.5% from a year earlier. Almost all sports betting happened online. Physical sportsbooks generated just $1.9 million.

New Jersey's total gaming haul across all categories reached $586.4 million in January, up 5.9%. The state grabbed $57.4 million in taxes from online gaming and $23.9 million from sportsbooks.

The Casino Revenue Fund pocketed over $77 million in January alone. This fund backs programs for seniors and residents with disabilities.

Three multibillion-dollar resorts planned for Queens and the Bronx threaten the East Coast gaming capital's outlook, according to Casino.org. The nine properties paid $15.7 million in state taxes on their floor gaming revenue.