{"id":36179,"date":"2020-05-19T21:02:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T21:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=36179"},"modified":"2020-05-20T17:10:58","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:10:58","slug":"record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"RECORD BREAKING: Online Poker Pops to New Industry Heights in May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>The US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/\"><strong>online poker<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online-casinos\/\"><strong>casino industry<\/strong><\/a> continued to crush previous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/blog\/us-online-poker-sites-reach-record-highs-in-march\/28602\/\">records in <strong>April<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><span>With players at home for the last few months due to the <strong>COVID-19 pandemic<\/strong>, online numbers have ballooned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Delaware all saw the closing of brick and mortar casinos.&nbsp;<\/span><span>That has led to massive numbers in <strong>March<\/strong> and even bigger numbers in April.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The upward trends offer some hope for the industry and<strong> huge growth potential<\/strong> for the regulated US online poker market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;&lt;div data-ctaid=&quot;1286&quot;&gt;\n    &lt;\/div&gt;&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:14915,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:[null,2,16777215],&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:[null,2,1907741],&quot;15&quot;:&quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;16&quot;:11}\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div data-ctaid=\"1286\">\n    <\/div>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"new_jersey_sees_major_growth_pokerstars_moves_to_top\">New Jersey sees major growth, PokerStars moves to top<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>The <strong>$5 million<\/strong> mark has been achieved. In April, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/new-jersey\/\">New Jersey<\/a><\/strong> saw online poker hit another record of <strong>$5.1 million<\/strong>. This toppled March&rsquo;s record of <strong>$3.6 million<\/strong>. Year over year, online poker revenue in the state has now tripled.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/safe-poker-sites\/\">Online poker companies<\/a> are staying busy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Operators continue to pump out tournament series to keep eager players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>WSOP.com, Pokerstars, and partypoker all ran <strong>major tournament series<\/strong> in April &ndash; to much success. That continues with several events underway in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>PokerStars captured the monthly lead in April thanks to a huge <strong>NJSCOOP.<\/strong> WSOP.com has usually been on top on a monthly basis. Here&rsquo;s a look at individual operator revenue:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/pokerstars\/\"><strong>PokerStars<\/strong><\/a> &ndash; $2.1 million<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/wsop\/\">WSOP.com<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/us-888poker\/\">888poker<\/a><\/strong> &ndash; $1.9 million<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/partypoker-nj\/\">partypoker<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/playmgm-poker\/\">BetMGM<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/borgata-online-poker\/\">BorgataPoker<\/a><\/strong> &ndash; $1.2 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>In total, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/new-jersey\/online-casinos\/\"><strong>online casino gaming<\/strong><\/a> combined with poker also set another record of <strong>$79.9 million<\/strong> for April. That&rsquo;s more than double the revenue from <strong>April 2019<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Total online casino gaming revenue has seen a <strong>23% increase<\/strong> month over month. With <strong>Atlantic City<\/strong> casinos still closed in the state, it&rsquo;s a good bet these trends should continue.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"pennsylvania_takes_lead_over_nj_in_online_poker\">Pennsylvania takes lead over NJ in online poker<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/pennsylvania\/\"><strong>Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/a> also showed a record month with <strong>$5.2 million<\/strong> in revenue during April. This slightly edged out the state&rsquo;s neighbor New Jersey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>PA has only been operating online poker since <strong>November 2019<\/strong> and continues to see online poker growth. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/pokerstars\/\">PokerStars<\/a> remains the only active poker operator and continues to run major series in the Keystone State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Between NJ and PA, PokerStars saw its biggest month in the US since pre-Black Friday. In total, PA recorded <strong>$43 million<\/strong> in combined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/casinos\/new\/\">online casino<\/a> and poker revenue &ndash;&nbsp;setting another state record.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/casinos\/rivers\/\"><strong>Rivers Philadelphia<\/strong><\/a> accounted for <strong>$13.7 million<\/strong> in revenue and held the top spot in the state. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/casinos\/mount-airy\/\"><strong>Mount Airy<\/strong>\/PokerStars<\/a> brought home the monthly silver medal for <strong>$10.4 million<\/strong> for the month.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"delaware_delivers_biggest_online_gaming_numbers_ever\">Delaware delivers biggest online gaming numbers ever<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>While it may be small and overlooked, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/delaware\/\"><strong>Delaware online gaming<\/strong><\/a> has also seen a major uptick in recent months. One the early US regulators, the state offers table games and slots. Online poker is also available via a partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/us-888poker\/\"><strong>888poker<\/strong><\/a> and the state&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/us-888casino\/\"><strong>racetrack casinos<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Since launching with online gaming in <strong>2014<\/strong>, Delaware had never seen a month with over <strong>$400,000<\/strong> in revenue. That all changed with a <strong>$500,000<\/strong> March. In April that number grew to a record <strong>$856,000<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All three Delaware operators saw record-setting months. <strong>Dover Downs<\/strong> casino won the online battle for the month of April with <strong>$341,000<\/strong>. Delaware Park was second with <strong>$309,000<\/strong> and Harrington with <strong>$205,000<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"big_online_growth_should_continue_into_may\">Big online growth should continue into May<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Can this online market sustain and for how long? In March 2020, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware ordered the <strong>shutdown<\/strong> of all casinos and poker rooms until further notice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Casinos in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/nevada\"><strong>Nevada<\/strong><\/a> also remain closed. Online casinos and poker still operate in these states during the pandemic however. This gives players at least some kind of gaming option.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>All land-based casinos in the NJ-PA-DE area are to stay closed through May with speculation of <strong>soft openings<\/strong> this summer. Whether that includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/online\/safe-poker-sites\/\"><strong>live poker<\/strong><\/a> remains to be seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And even if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/poker-apps\/\">poker rooms<\/a> do open, the demand may be soft. Expect to see similar numbers in May&rsquo;s reports with declines coming only once a full live poker scene re-emerges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/blog\/online-poker-pops-in-may-to-new-industry-heights\/29427\/\">RECORD BREAKING: Online Poker Pops to New Industry Heights in May<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uspoker.com\/\"><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US online poker and casino industry continued to crush previous records in April.&nbsp;With players [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"vebbtech_seo_disable_yoast":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_author":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_date":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_factchecker":false,"vebbtech_seo_fact_check_enabled":false,"vebbtech_seo_post_reviewer":0,"vebbtech_seo_post_review_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-link","6":"category-news-category","7":"post_format-post-format-link"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RECORD BREAKING: Online Poker Pops to New Industry Heights in May -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RECORD BREAKING: Online Poker Pops to New Industry Heights in May -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The US online poker and casino industry continued to crush previous records in April.&nbsp;With players [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-19T21:02:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-20T17:10:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/\",\"name\":\"RECORD BREAKING: Online Poker Pops to New Industry Heights in May -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-19T21:02:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-20T17:10:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7f5b2fa51bd1925f5937c15b7388df28\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/record-breaking-online-poker-pops-to-new-industry-heights-in-may\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RECORD BREAKING: Online Poker Pops to New Industry Heights in May\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"Poker Sites Traffic Report &amp; 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