The start of the New Year had a little bit of a stumble for Illinois casinos as official monthly figures for January were released Friday morning.
Retail casinos in the Land of Lincoln posted $118,642,380 in gaming revenue ($86,962,064 from EGDs, $31,680,315 from table games) for the month of January, down a solid 16.0% from December 2023 ($141,227,206 ($107,441,166 from EGDs, $33,786,040 from table games).
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January’s number was the lowest since February 2023, when $115,016,247 in revenue was generated ($88,046,773 from EGDs, $26,969,474 from table games).
In 2023, the largest monthly casino revenue was December’s $141,227,206 total, beating out July’s $133,258,227 figure. March, September and November also had revenues in excess of $130 million. In 2023, the state generated $1,152,760,262 from EGDs and another $368,780,710 from table games - both of which exceeded Illinois’ totals from the 2021 and 2022 fiscal years.
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Illinois December Sports Betting
Official figures from Illinois sportsbooks were released for December with the state's fourth consecutive total handle in excess of $1 billion and a new record for total and mobile sports betting revenue.
Overall, Illinois sportsbooks took in a total handle of $1,314,056,821 in December, which was down 4.5% from November’s total of $1,375,398,292, but up 32.6% year-over-year from the $990,965,303 the same operators took in during 2022.
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