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We are five months into 2026 in terms of online casino revenue data.
The three biggest markets of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New Jersey continue to dominate the market share in the United States when it comes to iGaming revenue.
Just how does each state stack up to the other when it comes to being the top online casinos market?
Where Each State Stood in 2025
Last year marked a record-setting year of online casino revenue for all three states.
Pennsylvania sat atop the revenue race, 12% ahead of Michigan and 18.9% ahead of New Jersey.
Michigan was comfortably in second, 6.2% ahead of New Jersey.
Pennsylvania Remains iGaming Leader in 2026
The first five months of 2026 have seen each of these three iGaming states continue to post new records when it comes to revenue. Each is well on its away to outperforming 2025’s total yearly revenue.
While Pennsylvania remains atop the online casino revenue race, Michigan has significantly cut into that percentage difference.
Through five months, Michigan is only 5.3% behind PA. New Jersey is falling further behind, sitting 19.7% in back of Pennsylvania.
Not only has Michigan cut into PA’s lead, but it has extended its lead as the second-highest market. Through May, Michigan is 13.6% ahead of New Jersey, more than double its rate from where it was in 2025.
Why Michigan is Closing the Gap on Pennsylvania
Michigan has not been able to best Pennsylvania in any given month in 2026, and it likely won’t occur any time soon.
But, the state is definitely making a move to close in on Pennsylvania.
What’s aided Michigan’s efforts has been upgrading its stock of available online casinos by having both Hard Rock Casino and bet365 Casino launch in the state since December.
Hard Rock was first, with its debut in December in place of SI Casino. That has seen revenue increase by tens of millions. Hard Rock has settled into steadily producing $20 million+ a month compared to under $1 million SI was bringing in.
In April, bet365 took over for the departing PokerStars Casino in Michigan. May saw bet365 record over $11 million in revenue for its first full month. PokerStars was lucky to steadily produce $2 million a month.
Between these two operators alone, Michigan online casino revenue is seeing increases of around $25-30 million. If that can continue, along with steadying trends of growth for other operators, Michigan could find itself catching Pennsylvania.