Illinois Casino Revenue Up 12.5% Year-on-Year in August

The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) has published the state’s latest monthly casino report for August 2024. The data reveals that the state’s 15 land-based casinos generated in August a total of $140 million in Adjusted Gross Receipts (AGR), up 12.5% compared to the $124.4 million AGR posted in August 2023. 

The increase in AGR was fueled by a 267% year-on-year growth at Walker’s Bluff Casino Resort, from $832,814.82 in August 2023 to more than $3 million in August 2024. Eight other Illinois casinos reported a rise in AGR compared to last August, while five saw their AGR decline. No data is available for a year-on-year comparison for Bally’s Chicago Casino, as it opened its doors in September 2023.

At $106.8 million for August, Electronic Gaming Devices (EGDs) accounted for 76.3% of Illinois' total AGR, while table games generated the remaining 23.7%, contributing $33.3 million to the total. With the largest gaming space of 78,500 square feet, Rivers Casino collected the highest AGR for EGDs, totaling $27.3 million, in addition to $16.2 million collected from table games.

Up from July

The total AGR was up 3.1% compared to July. Ten casinos reported a month-on-month increase in AGR while the other five saw AGR fall. 

Tax allocations

August’s AGR resulted in almost $41.8 million in state and local tax allocations, including $32.8 million in state and $8.9 million in local shares. This total is up 7% from July, when tax allocations were $39 million, and also up 10.4% from August 2023, which saw $37.8 million contributed in tax across 14 brick-and-mortar casinos.