New York’s commercial casinos generated $62.9m in gross gaming revenue in May, according to figures published by the New York State Gaming Commission. Revenue rose 10.2% year on year and 10.7% from April; all four casinos recorded annual increases.
The figures provide operators and investors with a regulator-published measure of New York commercial casino performance.
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New York recorded a monthly sports betting revenue high in November, according to a report. Revenue exceeded the previous record by more than $30m, while the state narrowly missed a new handle record. The report also says the governor approved a sweepstakes ban.
New York’s State Gaming Commission data showed that mobile sportsbooks generated $204.2 million in gross gaming revenue in May, down 18% year on year. Wagers totalled $2.13 billion, while the statewide win rate fell to 9.6% from 11.3% a year earlier. The state collected $104.1 million in tax revenue during the month.
New York sports betting revenue fell 16% in May, reportedly, while operators generated more than $200m in gross gaming revenue. The report described the month as slower for sportsbooks.
Resorts World NYC generated weekly gross gaming revenue of $27 million to $32 million from early May through early November, despite increasing its slot and table counts, according to New York State Gaming Commission data. Weekly slot GGR remained between $19 million and $22 million, while table GGR was below $10.5 million in each of the two weeks following a $12.2 million result in the third week of October.
Thirty-seven US states, the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands submitted a brief supporting New York against Kalshi to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Registered on 6 November, the brief argues that federal derivatives law should not prevent states from enforcing sports-betting and consumer-protection rules; a separate group of 38 states filed a Wisconsin brief concerning Polymarket, Coinbase, Robinhood and Crypto.com.
A coalition of 37 US states, the District of Columbia and the Northern Mariana Islands has filed a brief supporting New York in its case against Kalshi at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief, filed on 6 November, argues that federal derivatives law should not prevent states from applying sports-betting and consumer-protection rules.