Maine Casino Revenue up 1.5% Year-on-Year in July, Online Casino Legislation Pushed to 2026

The commercial casino sector in Maine produced revenue of $15 million in July, up 1.5% year-on-year compared to the previous year’s total of $14.8 million. 

The latest monthly report, released by the state’s gambling regulator, the Maine Gambling Control Unit, also showed that slot gaming generated the highest revenue, with the two casinos producing $12.7 million in revenue in 2025, up 1.9% from July 2024, which generated $12.5 million. 

On the other hand, table games across the casinos generated $2.3 million in July 2025, a slight decline of 0.8% from the $2.32 million generated in July 2024. 

Hollywood Closing the Gap

Oxford Casino remains the leading revenue generator in Maine, with $9.1 million in July, representing a 60.7% market share and an increase in revenue of 1.1% year-on-year. Yet, Hollywood Casino, based in Bangor, is closing the gap with a 2.1% revenue increase to $5.91 million. 

Individual casino game performances from both casinos also fared well in July, with Oxford Casino reporting a 0.02% slot revenue increase, rising to $7.7 million year-on-year. Table games also increased significantly to $1.4 million, a 7.6% rise. 

Hollywood Casino also reported a slot revenue increase last month, growing from $5.8 million to $5.9 million, a 2.1% rise. However, table games revenue declined in July, dropping 11% year-on-year. 

Maine Online Casino Decision Delayed Until 2026 

Meanwhile, Maine residents hoping to see online casinos legalized will now have to wait until 2026 after Governor Janet Mills declined to sign or veto LD 1164, an iGaming bill passed in June. 

The proposal would grant Maine’s four federally recognized tribes: the Penobscot Nation, Passamaquoddy Tribe, Maliseet Nation, and Mi’kmaq Nation, exclusive rights to operate online casinos. Each would be allowed one license and could partner with commercial operators, likely expanding existing relationships with DraftKings and Caesars Entertainment from sports betting into iGaming. 

The measure also included an 18% tax rate on revenue.

LD 1164 was originally tabled in April before eventually being passed in a special session in June. It ended up on Mills’s desk on June 25 after being slightly delayed with Senate Special Appropriations.

The governor had previously vetoed a sports betting bill in 2020 and a tribal retail casino proposal in 2021. Her administration, along with the Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Maine Gambling Control Board Chair Steve Silver, had also voiced concerns about gambling addiction and potential retail job losses during hearings.

Under Maine law, when the legislature is not in session, a governor’s failure to act within 10 days results in what is known as a ‘pocket’ veto. Mills’s deadline to sign or veto LD 1164 expired on July 7. It will, however, carry over to the 2026 session. 

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