Delaware’s struggling online gambling market got a serious boost in September, posting a new monthly record for gaming revenue.
According to data published by the Delaware Lottery (which oversees the state’s gaming operations), the state’s three racinos – Delaware Park, Dover Downs and Harrington Raceway – generated combined online gambling revenue of just over $337k in September, nearly twice the $170,763 generated in the same month last year.
The sum is by far the highest monthly total recorded in 2018 and handily surpassed the state’s previous high-water mark of $304,874 set in June 2016. September’s table games revenue was up more than threefold to $101,882 while video lottery terminal revenue improved by nearly three-quarters to $213,665. Even poker got into the spirit, rising from $18,842 to $21,464.
Interestingly, the gains came largely from the racinos’ gambling sites playing extremely lucky, as overall online table game turnover was less than half September 2017’s total, while VLT handle was up a respectable but hardly earth-shattering 13.3% year-on-year.