Golden Nugget sets New Jersey online gambling revenue record

New Jersey’s regulated online gambling market took a slight dip in February but the Golden Nugget smashed the previous record for a single operator’s performance.

Figures released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) show the state’s licensed online gambling operators generating revenue of $18.7m in February, $100k less than January’s record-setting performance but up nearly 27% from the same month last year.

The casino vertical continued to drive the monthly tally, rising 29.8% year-on-year to $16.55m, while poker was up a more modest 8.8% to $2.17m. The casino number was basically flat from January’s total while poker was down about $130k.

The month was won by the Golden Nugget’s casino-only site, which generated $5.175m in February. The total handily outpaces the state’s previous single operator revenue record of $4.79m, which was set by (who else) the Nugget last December. The Nugget has now held the state’s top operator crown for five of the last six months.