The American Gaming Association (AGA) reports that US commercial betting revenue reached $ 5.03 billion (£ 4.25 billion / € 5.02 billion) in May, the second highest month in industry history.
This was an early stage of Covid-19’s recovery from the pandemic, up 7.9% from May 2021.
Slots continued to generate the highest total game revenue (GGR) overall, down 0.1% year-on-year to $ 2.94 billion.
Table game GGR was up 10.5% year-on-year to $ 873.9 million, and sports betting revenue was up 78.2% to $ 487.5 million.
Online game revenue also increased by 30.9% to $ 406.4 million.
The total GGR for the past year was $ 24.39 billion, an increase of 20.6% from the same period in 2021.
Over the past year, slot revenue has increased 11% to $ 14.08 billion and table game revenue has increased 38.2% to $ 4.05 billion.
Over the past year, sports betting revenue has increased 73.5% to $ 2.64 billion. Online game GGR also increased significantly by 45.6% to $ 2.03 billion.
AGA also noted that March, April and May were the three most successful months in industry history, with revenues in excess of $ 5 billion each.
In May, AGA reported a record first quarter in commercial game revenue.
