Nevada’s baccarat win breaks $1 billion; BetMGM grows Q3 revenue to $710 million; DraftKings sued by Seminole Tribe of Florida; Hacksaw expands into B2B prediction market; plus the week’s other news from North America.
Nevada’s baccarat win breaks $1 billion
Nevada’s baccarat revenue jumped by 39 per cent in August to $162.0 million, and took the annual total above $1 billion.
August was the second-best month of 2026 for baccarat revenue in Nevada’s casinos.
It was just the fourth month since the start of 2025 that baccarat revenue has surpassed $160 million.
Baccarat accounted for 13 per cent of Nevada’s total revenue in August and a good end to the year could see its revenue hit $1.5 billion – a level not achieved since 2014.
Indiana
Indiana’s sports wagers hit $4 billion in the first nine months of 2026, rising by 4 per cent to $4.09 billion. For September, sports wagering was up by 2 per cent to $540.5 million, although this included a 38 per cent fall in retail betting to $9.3 million, while mobile betting rose by 3 per cent to $531.1 million. Adjusted gross revenue (AGR) from sports betting was $49.0 million.
Missouri
Missouri’s land-based casinos posted a 5 per cent rise in gaming revenue for September to $165.1 million. Slot revenue was up by 8 per cent at $143.6 million but table gaming win fell by 7 per cent to $21.4 million. There was a 3 per cent increase in admissions to the casinos at 2.28 million, which gave admission fees of $4.6 million. Ameristar St Charles was the leading property with revenue of $25.7 million, while River City and Hollywood St Louis had almost equal revenue of $21.8 million and $21.6 million.
Illinois
Wagering on Illinois’ gaming machines rose by 6 per cent in September to $3.0 billion. There were more than 50,100 gaming machines in operation during the month, a 1 per cent increase year-on-year. Revenue from the machines rose by 8 per cent to $278.4 million, leading to an 8 per cent rise in monthly tax to $97.5 million.
Nebraska
Nebraska’s land-based casinos earned an 18 per cent increase in gaming revenue for September to $25.9 million. Slot machines generated revenue of $21.9 million and table games won $3.2 million, while retail sports betting revenue increased by 21 per cent to $700,053. WarHorse Casino Omaha was the leading property with revenue of $10.2 million, ahead of WarHorse Gaming Lincoln’s $7.2 million.
Washington DC
In Washington DC, sports wagers rose by 4 per cent to $80.2 million in September as bet365 went live during the month. FanDuel was the market leader on wagers of $34.2 million, ahead of DraftKings’ $25.0 million, while Fanatics and Caesars were closely matched on $7.3 million and $7.2 million respectively. Gross revenue from betting fell by 24 per cent to $5.6 million, at the lowest margin in 2026 so far of 6.9 per cent (September 2025: 9.6 per cent).
Michigan
The three commercial casinos in Detroit won a 5 per cent rise in September gaming revenue to $103.5 million. Adjusted revenue from slots and gaming tables rose by 5 per cent to $102.8 million, while retail sports betting revenue in the casinos was 3 per cent higher at $769,771. MGM Grand Detroit held 47 per cent of the market with revenue of $48.8 million, ahead of MotorCity Casino’s $33.2 million and Hollywood Casino at Greektown’s $21.6 million.
Kansas
Kansas’ seven sportsbooks posted a 6 per cent fall in September wagers to $267.0 million, split $263.1 million from online wagers and $3.9 million from retail. In the online sector, only Fanatics and bet365 reported year-on-year growth in wagers, with Fanatics’ wagers soaring 138 per cent to a record high of $36.8 million. Monthly gross win fell by 11 per cent to $21.4 million, of which $21.2 million was from online betting.
In the state’s land-based gaming sector, Kansas’ four casinos reported 4 per cent growth in combined revenue for September to $34.4 million. Hollywood Casino retained the market lead ahead of Kansas Star with respective gaming revenue of $14.5 million (+5 per cent) and $13.0 million (+1 per cent).
Iowa
Iowa’s sports betting was unchanged year-on-year in September at $290.2 million but with mixed retail and online performances. The retail betting sector had a 24 per cent decline in wagers to $14.1 million, wiping out the 2 per cent rise in online wagers to $276.1 million. Monthly gross win was up by 5 per cent to $23.7 million, at a margin of 8.2 per cent (September 2025: 7.8 per cent), including online betting gross win of $21.6 million.
In the state’s land-based gaming sector, Iowa’s casinos reported a 3 per cent fall in gaming revenue for September to $128.2 million. Slot machine revenue was down by 3 per cent at $115.9 million but table gaming win increased by 2 per cent to $12.3 million. The casinos had 1.31 million customer admissions during the month.
Maine
Maine’s sports wagers fell by 3 per cent to $61.0 million in September, of which $59.9 million came from online sports betting, which was down by 4 per cent. Retail betting jumped by 154 per cent to $1.1 million. Despite the fall in wagers, monthly sports betting gross revenue increased by 34 per cent to $6.7 million and adjusted gross revenue (AGR) increased by 37 per cent to $6.3 million.
BetMGM grew third quarter revenue by 7 per cent year-on-year to $710 million, with growth in both iGaming and sports betting.
DraftKings is being sued by the Seminole Tribe of Florida for operating an unlicensed sportsbook in the state through its prediction markets offering.
Hacksaw Gaming is expanding into the rapidly growing prediction markets category with the launch of a new B2B prediction markets platform.
Entain grew net gaming revenue from continuing operations by 2 per cent on a constant currency basis in the third quarter of 2026.
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Altenar has filed a complaint against Sportradar with competition authorities in Europe and the United Kingdom.
Brightstar Lottery has agreed an exclusive licensing deal to develop and distribute lottery games based on iconic American airline Pan Am.
Kalshi has agreed a partnership with Signify Group to protect athletes and coaches from online abuse, threats and harassment linked to sports event contracts.
GiG Software has expanded its Canadian footprint by powering the launch of River Cree Resort & Casino and PowerPlay in Alberta.
High Roller Technologies has appointed Flip Pidot as chief business officer to lead business development and strategic partnerships for its prediction market business.
The Ohio Lottery is set to begin a major upgrade to a new gaming system and state-of-the-art lottery equipment with technology partner Scientific Games.
Stake has agreed a deal to leverage EveryMatrix’s casino aggregation technology to accelerate its growth across regulated markets in North America, Latin America and Europe.