New Jersey April Gaming Revenue Reaches $600 Million
The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement announced April gaming revenue results. Total gaming revenue for casinos, racetracks, and their partners was $600.8M for April reflecting 12% growth when compared to $536.6M reported for April 2025. Year-to-date total gaming revenue was $2.3B through April, reflecting 8.6% growth when compared to $2.12B reported for the prior year-to-date period. Total gross revenue taxes were $86.1M for April and $332.1M for year-to-date through April. Casino win for the nine casino hotels was $235.6M for April, reflecting an increase of 11.7% when compared to $211M reported for April 2025. Internet gaming win for the casinos and their partners was $263.1M for April, reflecting growth of 11.9% when compared to $235.2M reported for April 2025. Sports wagering gross revenue for the casinos, racetracks, and their partners was $102.1M for April, reflecting an increase of 12.8% when compared to $90.5M reported for April 2025. Publicly traded companies in the space include Boyd Gaming (BYD), Caesars (CZR), Churchill Downs (CHDN), DraftKings (DKNG), Flutter Entertainment (FLUT), Gan Limited (GAN), Genius Sports (GENI), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), MGM Resorts (MGM), Penn Entertainment (PENN), Rush Street Interactive (RSI), Sportradar (SRAD) and Wynn Resorts (WYNN).
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- Weak Retail Sales: Retail sales grew only 0.2% in April, the lowest since the end of COVID restrictions, with May expected to show no growth compared to last year, reflecting ongoing consumer spending challenges that could impact overall economic vitality.
- Decline in Fixed Asset Investment: Fixed asset investment is projected to drop by 2% in the first five months, worse than the 1.6% decline in April, with real estate investment dragging down by 13.7%, highlighting the profound impact of the real estate slump on the economy.
- Limited Contribution from Digitalization: While digitalization is expected to contribute 2.5 percentage points to GDP by 2027, the retail and tourism sectors are only projected to contribute 0.9 points, insufficient to prevent economic growth from slowing to 4.4%, indicating challenges in economic structural transformation.
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