Penn’s Hollywood Casino leads record-breaking month for Pennsylvania in March
Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course led the way in a record-breaking month for gambling in Pennsylvania in March, bringing in over $107m, up 22 per cent from last March’s figures.
It was followed by Valley Forge Casino Resort and Parx both of which suffered slight declines in revenue. Overall, though, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) reported that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during March 2025 was a record amount of $574,534,002. The previous high month for revenue was in March 2024 at $554,625,294.
Highlighting the report was a significant year-over-year jump in iGaming revenue. The March iGaming revenue figure of $238,220,161 was more than $47m higher than the revenue figure for March 2024 ($191,086,114) and also eclipsed the previous monthly high for iGaming set in December 2024 ($223,652,312). Total tax from games revenue during March 2025 was $244,333,995.
March’s revenue from the play of retail slot machines was $222,499,993, a 2.37 per cent decrease in revenue when compared to the $227,891,331 generated in March 2024. The number of slot machines in operation in March 2025 was 24,373 compared to 24,886 at the casinos in March 2024. Retail Table Games revenue for March 2025 was $81,891,242, a decrease of 3.91% from March 2024 when revenue was $85,222,921.
Casino games offered online generated a record amount of monthly gross revenue totaling $238,220,161 during March 2025. Compared to revenue of $191,086,114 in March 2024, this represents an increase of 24.67 per cent. March 2025 total sports wagering handle was $842,856,961, 5.26% above the March 2024 total of $800,718,332.
The taxable revenue figure for March 2025 was $27,026,829, or 40.71 per cent lower when compared to March 2024, when taxable revenue was $45,581,570. Total adjusted revenue for March 2025 for video gaming terminals (VGTs) was $3,715,486, 0.64 per cent lower than March 2024 when revenue was $3,739,380. By the end of March 2025, all VGT Operators offered the maximum permitted five machines at each of the 74 qualified truck stop establishments, compared to five machines at each of the 74 establishments at this time last year.
