GI North America Review: Week 46 2026

Massachusetts iLottery's first 100 days; New York mobile sportsbooks take record wagers in October; Bally's Corporation posts strong preliminary results for Q3; Aristocrat names Dafne Guisard as next CEO; plus this week's other news from North America.

Massachusetts iLottery's first 100 days

The Massachusetts Lottery, recently crowned winner of the Gaming Intelligence Awards | North America's Lottery Rising Star of the Year, has made a successful start with its new Mass Lottery Online in its first 100 days.

Since launching at the end of July, more than 250,000 players have registered for the new online service in Massachusetts.

In the same period, the Massachusetts Lottery has taken over $50 million in gross revenue, including more than $20 million in October.

eInstants have been the key game category for the Bay State's online lottery in the opening months, and had sales of $137.0 million in August, rising to $181.4 million for September.

GINA forecasts that Massachusetts' monthly eInstant sales will hit $250 million in October, as the portfolio of games increases.

Michigan

Michigan's three commercial land-based casinos in Detroit reported revenue of $110.5 million from gaming and retail sports betting in October. Combined revenue was up by 3 per cent and was divided $108.1 million from gaming activities and $2.4 million from retail sports betting. MGM Grand Detroit held 47 per cent of monthly adjusted revenue on $52.0 million, while MotorCity Casino won $36.2 million in revenue and Hollywood Casino at Greektown took the remaining $22.3 million.

Illinois

Illinois' 17 land-based casinos won a 10 per cent increase in gaming revenue for October to $182.9 million. Table gaming win was up by 7 per cent to $42.2 million, while revenue from slot machines grew by 11 per cent to $140.7 million. Rivers Casino was the leading property on revenue of $43.6 million, ahead of Wind Creek's $20.2 million and Hollywood Aurora's $14.7 million.

New York

New York's eight mobile sportsbooks took record wagers of $2.79 billion in October, a rise of 6 per cent year-on-year. FanDuel had more than $1 billion in wagers with 2 per cent growth to $1.02 billion and took 37 per cent of the market. DraftKings' wagering was 1 per cent higher at $948.7 million, while Fanatics' wagers jumped by 56 per cent to $321.4 million in third place. Monthly mobile betting revenue grew by 8 per cent to $258.1 million, at a margin of 9.3 per cent.

In the state's video gaming machines (VGMs) sector, October revenue was 37 per cent lower at $132.1 million, as the upgrade of Resorts World New York City to a full casino continued to disrupt the year-on-year comparison. On a like-for-like basis, VGM revenue was up by 4 per cent, with 11,373 machines in operation. Empire City Casino was the top venue with revenue of $52.3 million, more than double the revenue of Jake's 58 in second place on $26.0 million.

Maryland

Gaming revenue at Maryland's six land-based casinos fell by 1 per cent in October to $159.7 million. Slot machine revenue was down by less than 1 per cent at $112.9 million, while table gaming had a 4 per cent decline in monthly revenue to $46.9 million. MGM National Harbor reported a 3 per cent decline in revenue to $66.2 million, ahead of Live! Casino with a 0.4 per cent drop to $59.4 million.

Oregon

Oregon's sports wagers dropped by 11 per cent in October to $89.6 million but was up against the state's record month for betting in 2025. Monthly gross win fell by 1 per cent to $10.8 million, at a margin of 12.0 per cent. American football was the key sport and took bets of $30.6 million, followed by basketball on $19.1 million. Table tennis was the third ranking sport for wagers on $9.4 million.

New Hampshire

Back into September, the New Hampshire Lottery's sports wagers were at its highest level since January at $86.7 million, up by 6 per cent year-on-year. Mobile wagers were up by 4 per cent to $78.6 million and retail betting up by 19 per cent to $8.1 million. An overall margin of 12.6 per cent was three percentage points better than September 2025 and meant that monthly revenue surged by 38 per cent to $10.9 million, split $10.7 million from mobile and $201,129 from retail.

Florida

Florida's commercial gaming operators reported a 2 per cent fall in revenue for September to $69.7 million, the lowest in the state for two years. Casino operators saw a 3 per cent decline in revenue to $51.5 million, while the cardrooms managed a 2 per cent increase to $18.2 million.

Colorado

Colorado's sports wagers declined by 10 per cent to $546.8 million in September, comprising $542.8 million from online betting and $4.0 million from retail, down by 10 per cent and 12 per cent respectively. Betting on American football was weaker than the prior year period, dropping from $205.7 million to $165.1 million, due to few games played during the month. Monthly gross revenue was actually up by 4 per cent to $47.7 million because of a slightly better margin of 8.7 per cent (September 2025: 7.6 per cent).

Virginia

In Virginia, September's sports wagers declined 1 per cent to $729.6 million, but was still the highest total of 2026 to date. Mobile sports betting fell by 1 per cent to $725.6 million and retail betting in the state's casinos was down 29 per cent at $4.0 million. Monthly gross win was 2 per cent less than a year ago at $68.6 million, with a 2 per cent decrease in mobile gross win to $67.5 million offsetting a 14 per cent rise in retail gross win to $1.1 million.

Bragg Gaming Group reported a 23 per cent decrease in revenue to €20.6 million for the third quarter, with net loss widening to €4.3 million.

Aristocrat Leisure reported a 3 per cent fall in revenue to A$6.09 billion (approx. US$4.15 billion) for its 2026 financial year, despite growth from its land-based business, Aristocrat Gaming.

Codere Online reported a 30 per cent increase in gaming win to €67.1 million for the third quarter, with continued double-digit growth in Spain and Mexico.

Brightstar Lottery reported a 4 per cent drop in revenue to $607 million for the third quarter, as revenue in Italy fell by 19 per cent.

Bally's Corporation expects to report a 22 per cent increase in consolidated revenue to $807.56 million for the third quarter of 2026, with growth across all segments.

Playtech expects to generate adjusted EBITDA of more than €300 million in 2026, driven by a continued strong performance in the Americas.

Bally's Intralot grew total revenue by 249 per cent in the third quarter to €286.1 million, reflecting the consolidation of Bally's international interactive business in Q4 2025.

Pollard Banknote reported a 2 per cent increase in revenue to C$158.9 million for the third quarter.

Meridian Holdings posted a net loss of $14.7 million for the third quarter, after incurring impairment charges of $5.5 million related to Brazil.

DoubleDown Interactive reported a 1.6 per cent drop in revenue to $94.3 million for the third quarter, following a decline in its social casino business.

Galaxy Gaming reported net income of $5.1 million for the third quarter, benefiting from a $5.2 million termination fee from the failed merger with Evolution.

Sega Sammy Holdings posted a 6 per cent increase in net sales to ¥212.58 billion (approx. $1.3 billion) for its fiscal half-year ended 30 September.

Catena Media reported a widened loss for the third quarter after writing down the book value of its North American and Asian assets.

Aristocrat Leisure chief executive Trevor Croker will step down after 18 years at the company next April, with former Entain executive Dafne Guisard named CEO-elect.

The New York Lottery posted sales of $565.5 million for the four-week period to October 31, including $307.5 million in instant game sales.

DoubleU Games has made an improved offer to acquire full ownership of social casino and real-money iGaming operator DoubleDown Interactive.

Wagering on US horse racing jumped by 10 per cent to $958.7 million in October, the first time in more than two years that there has been double-digit year-on-year growth.

Sportradar is broadening its esports betting offering through new integrations with three leading esports odds providers.

Kambi Group and Allwyn have agreed a partnership that will see Kambi licence its sportsbook source code to Allwyn on a perpetual basis.

High Roller Technologies has agreed a deal to integrate access to ProphetX's federally regulated prediction markets exchange through a ROLR-branded interface.

The Illinois Lottery's sales fell to $295.7 million in September, a fall of 15 per cent and the lowest monthly total of 2026.

This week's games round-up features Pragmatic Play, Play'n GO, SmartSoft, and three new games from BGaming.

Novig has appointed Ari Hirsch as its first chief product officer, tasked with overseeing product design and engineering with a focus on elevating the end-to-end experience.

The Pennsylvania Lottery saw total lottery sales drop by 15 per cent to $409.7 million in September, the lowest month since February.

The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) has appointed Brian Krolicki as president, succeeding Ben Haden following the conclusion of his three-year tenure.

Rio Hotel & Casino has opened its newly renovated race and sportsbook, powered by Caesars Entertainment-owned William Hill US.

Two California Tribes have secured a preliminary injunction to stop Kalshi from offering its sports event contracts on their Indian lands.