Illinois casino revenue for July was about $133.26 million, a jump of 9% from June ($122.25 million).
The July 2023 cumulative revenue total for the state’s 13 commercial casinos is the highest since March 2014, when it was $138.7 million. That makes July’s revenue figure the best in more than nine years in a state where Illinois sports betting has consistently delivered some of the highest handles (amount wagered) in the nation each month.
The previous revenue high for 2023 was a little more than $131 million in March.
In a same-month, year-over-year comparison, the July 2023 revenue was 8.4% higher than July 2022 ($122.9 million), according to the Illinois Gaming Board.
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Breakdown of Illinois July Casino Revenue
Among the state’s 13 casinos, Rivers Casino in Des Plaines was the leader in Total Adjusted Gross Receipts (TAGR) with $47.07 million for July.
Two other casinos cracked eight-figures in TAGR: Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin with about $12.61 million, and Harrah’s Joliet with $12.2 million.
Concerning tax allocations, the state’s share was $30.68 million, up from $26.8 million in the June Illinois casino revenue report, and the local share was $7.62 million.
As usual, slots provided the lion’s share of revenues in July. The revenue from EGDs was almost $101 million, and from tables it was $32.34 million.
Other than the top three revenue casinos, the rest of the state’s casinos were, in descending order: Hollywood Casino Aurora, $8,704,478; Hollywood Casino Joliet, $8,172,033; FHR-Illinois LLC, $7,848,887; DraftKings at Casino Queen, $7,118,667; Harrah's Metropolis Casino, $6,227,500; Hard Rock Casino Rockford, $6,092,629; Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino, $5,464,934; Bally's Quad Cities Casino & Hotel, $5,395,275; Argosy Casino Alton, $3,208,182 and Danville Development, LLC, $3,150,577.
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