AGA Report: New England’s Leading U.S. States for Casino and Sports Betting Revenue in 2025
Massachusetts leading the way
The American Gaming Association's latest annual report released further confirms the dominance of Massachusetts in the New England region in this sector.
The $2.1 billion in commercial casino gaming revenue from the two Massachusetts casinos and one "racino" – a horse racing track with gambling machines - in 2025 represented nearly half of New England's entire total. That figure was up 10.9% compared to 2024.
That also produced an impressive $509.6 million in tax revenue for the Commonwealth.
The MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor casinos have proven to be very successful, and the Plainridge Park harness racing track has offered electronic gaming devices since 2015.
However, Encore Boston Harbor reported a decline in revenue of almost 2% in 2025.
Meanwhile, Plainridge Park Casino in the southeastern portion of the state already faced newfound competition in 2025 from the temporary gaming facility of the nearby Mashpee Wampanoag’s tribal casino resort. The permanent site will prove to be an even more challenging rival.
Snapshot of MA's current sports betting market
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission - a nationwide leader in stringent regulatory requirements - in December approved a unique requirement for the state’s sportsbook operators to inform gamblers if their wagering activity had been limited.
That is an issue that has been a focus of professional gamblers who object to the concept that bettors can lose as much as they like - but not do the same on the winning side.
The state features seven mobile sports betting apps. Revenue from land-based sports betting is taxed at a rate of 15%, while mobile sports betting is taxed at 20%. Both rates are right around national industry standards.
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Connecticut, Rhode Island rank No. 2 and No. 3 in the region
While Connecticut has no commercial casinos, its two massive tribal casinos - Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods - feature mobile sports betting and iGaming, as does the Connecticut Lottery.
The state took in nearly $1 billion from online gambling in 2025, up almost 28% from 2024.
Connecticut revenue from internet gaming is taxed at a rate of 18%, while that rate will increase to 20% in 2027. Revenue from both mobile and land-based sports betting is taxed at 13.75%, with a combined 2025 tax revenue of $139.1 million.
The No. 3 state in the region is Rhode Island, which took in $745 million in gross casino gaming revenue in 2025 - up nearly 5% compared to 2024. The state has two retail casino locations - Bally’s Twin River Lincoln and Bally’s Tiverton.
Table game revenue was down nearly 5% at those two casinos in 2025, however.
The Rhode Island casinos, which already face competition from the massive Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods properties in neighboring Connecticut as well as the Plainridge Park Casino in Massachusetts soon also will also compete with the Mashpee Wampanoag's tribal casino. The latter two sites each are about 20 miles from the Rhode Island state capital of Providence.
The state added iGaming in 2024 via the state's exclusive contract with Bally's. For mobile sports betting, the Rhode Island Lottery's product is scheduled to begin competing with Bally's in late 2026.
Casino table game revenue in the state is taxed at 16.5%, while sports betting is taxed at 51%. Online casino gaming has a 62.5% tax rate for slot machines and 16.5% for online table games.
The aggressive rates helped commercial casino gaming produce $372.7 million in total tax revenue.
Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont gaming
The Hollywood Casino Bangor and the Oxford Casino, both in southern Maine, produced $234.6 million in revenue in 2025 - resulting in $75.9 million collected in the form of taxes. The revenue figure marked a 7.3% increase from 2024.
As of January 2026, the state's four tribes gained the exclusive rights to iGaming, similar to the state's mobile sportsbook laws. Its two mobile sports betting partners may be able to add online casino gaming to their menu.
New Hampshire has no commercial casinos, but a 31% increase in 2025 led to mobile sports betting revenue, driven by a sole sportsbook, reaching $103.6 million – resulting in $45.5 million in tax revenue
Retail sportsbooks run by the same sportsbook are in Nashua (two locations), Seabrook, Manchester, and Dover. The tax on retail revenue is 50% vs 51% for mobile sportsbook revenue.
In 2025, New Hampshire regulators authorized implementation of video lottery terminals (VLTs, similar to slot machines) at select charitable gaming locations that previously only featured historical horse racing machines.
Neighboring Vermont doesn't have any commercial casinos, and collected a modest $25 million in mobile sports betting revenue that translated to $7.3 million in tax dollars.
It's three state authorized providers each pays out one-third of its sportsbook revenues in taxes.
Vermont and Tennessee are the only U.S. states that feature mobile sportsbooks but not retail sites to place a wager. An effort in the statehouse last summer to repeal the state's sports betting law failed to advance in the legislative session.
