Michigan Online Gaming Revenue Month of July

Last month, Michigan’s online casino and sports betting operators reported a combined $176.1 million in gross receipts. July’s numbers represented a 4.0% increase month over month when compared with June’s revenue of $169.3 million. 

Both sports wagering and online casino gambling were up month over month. Sports betting operators were responsible for $22.5 million in revenue in July, while online casino skins brought in $153.6 million. 

Online Casino Revenue Reaches $1 Billion in 2023

Last month, online casinos in Michigan also broke a record for the state by generating $1 billion in annual revenue in just seven months. July’s $153.6 million in revenue brought the total revenue in 2023 to $1.09 billion. 

The $1.09 billion is a massive improvement from this time last year. January through July 2022 ended with around $883 million in revenue. The first seven months of 2023 generated over 23% more revenue than the same period in 2022. With football season just around the corner, we will likely continue to see these numbers rise. 

All of this revenue means a lot of tax dollars for the state. Since June 2021, tax revenue from online gambling and sports wagering has generated at least $20 million every single month. In the past five months, the state of Michigan cashed in over $39 million a month. 

With such a successful July, we will likely see Michigan cross the $1 billion milestone for state tax revenue by the end of August. 

Online Casino Figures:

• Top casino by revenue: BetMGM ($48.98 million)
• Worst casino by revenue: SI Casino ($1.22 million)
• Total online casino revenue for July: $153.59 million
• Total tax revenue from casino gaming in June: $40.84 million

Sports Betting Figures:

• Top sportsbook by revenue: FanDuel ($9 million)
• Top sportsbook by handle: FanDuel ($75.92 million)
• Worst sportsbook by handle: SI Sportsbook ($360,054)
• Total handle for July: $208.8 million
• Total online sports betting revenue for July: $22.99 million
• Total online sports betting tax revenue: $1.53 million

Detroit Casinos Revenue Breakdown

Detroit’s three retail casinos brought in over $107.2 million in monthly aggregate revenue for July. According to a press release by the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB), $106.7 million, or 99.5% of the total revenue was generated from table games and slots, while just $477,545 (.5%) was generated by retail sports wagering. 

Unsurprisingly, MGM was the revenue leader for July, with a total market share of 47%. MotorCity Casino was responsible for 29%, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown brought in the remaining 24%. 

The three retail casinos paid $8.65 million in taxes to the state of Michigan and $12.7 million in wagering taxes and development agreement payments to the City of Detroit. 

Below is a more detailed breakdown by casino:

MGM Grand: 

• Total monthly aggregate revenue: $50.38 million
• Down 2.4% year over year

MotorCity

• Total monthly aggregate revenue: $31.09 million
• Down 10.0% year over year

Hollywood Casino at Greektown

• Total monthly aggregate revenue: $25.73 million
• Up 27.5% year over year

Online Casino Revenue by Operator

Physical Casino Partner	Online Casino Skin	Promos	Taxes	Revenue
MGM Grand Detroit	BetMGM	$4,897,847	$12,893,582	$48,978,468
MotorCity	FanDuel	$3,029,556	$7,975,307	$30,295,563
Bay Mills	DraftKings	$2,865,025	$8,573,588	$28,650,253
Little River Band of Ottawa	BetRivers	$914,189	$2,303,756	$9,141,891
Keweenaw Bay	Golden Nugget	$714,710	$1,801,069	$7,147,098
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa	Caesars	$688,137	$1,734,105	$6,881,368
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa	WynnBet	$387,027	$975,308	$3,870,269
Greektown	Barstool	$356,832	$939,359	$3,568,317
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi	Four Winds	$340,655	$858,450	$3,406,548
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa	Fox Bet	$297,665	$750,115	$2,976,649
Sagniaw Chippewa	Eagle	$272,743	$687,312	$2,727,427
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi	betParx	$181,665	$425,093	$1,816,653
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi	FireKeepers	$157,661	$401,083	$1,576,611
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	PointsBet	$133,050	$278,970	$1,330,505
Hannahville	SI	$123,354	$240,798	$1,217,892
Total		$15,360,116	$40,837,896	$153,585,511

Online Sports Betting Revenue by Operator

Physical Casino Partner	Online Sportsbook Skin	Handle	Hold	Taxes	Revenue
MotorCity	FanDuel	$75,918,720	11.90%	$630,303	$8,997,291
Bay Mills	DraftKings	$55,359,867	10.00%	$352,628	$5,563,546
MGM Grand Detroit	BetMGM	$35,143,672	12.10%	$290,848	$4,235,703
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa	Caesars	$14,264,876	5.20%	$45,721	$737,797
Greektown	Barstool	$11,453,880	12.30%	$123,817	$1,410,678
Little River Band of Ottawa	BetRivers	$5,523,080	12.40%	$18,394	$686,025
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa	PointsBet	$4,417,299	14.30%	$40,171	$631,634
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa	WynnBet	$2,000,491	11.40%	$18,773	$228,484
Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi	betParx	$1,196,724	3.70%	$0	$43,715
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa	Fox Bet	$816,226	9.70%	$6,462	$79,157
Saginaw Chippewa	Eagle	$788,443	23.10%	$0	$182,085
Keweenaw Bay	Golden Nugget	$637,317	4.40%	$187	$28,081
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi	Four Winds	$514,306	14.00%	$0	$71,967
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi	FireKeepers	$413,167	9.70%	$0	$40,267
Hannahville	SI	$360,054	13.60%	$0	$49,030
Total		$208,808,123	11.00%	$1,527,305	$22,985,461

Mac Daniel is a writer for PlayOnlineCasino and PlayOnlineSportsBetting. He has experience writing about a wide variety of topics, including healthcare, tourism, non-profit organizations, and most recently casino and sportsbetting news. To check out more of his work, visit: playonlinemichigan.com