AGA reports $78.72B in GGR for 2025, as Industry Continues to Soar

Despite a challenging year with tariffs and tourism exodus putting a crimp on profit margins, America’s commercial gambling industry has shown a record growth in 2025, citing $78.72 billion in gross gaming revenue, a 9.2% increase from 2024. 

Traditional Gaming Segment Slows Down, Others Surge 

This translates into $18.9 billion in gaming tax revenue payable to state and local education, infrastructure, and other services, which is a 15.1% increase, the American Gaming Association said, citing its own estimates.

Commenting on these results and their significance, American Gaming Association president and CEO Bill Miller had this to add:

“For another year, legal commercial gaming in the United States has delivered exceptional results for consumers, operators, and the communities we serve. These record revenues and tax contributions demonstrate the broad appeal of regulated gaming markets and why strong state oversight remains essential as our industry evolves.” 

AGA President and CEO Bill Miller

The trade group offered a further breakdown of what segments have contributed and how much. The slowest growth was experienced by traditional gaming, which generated $50.94 billion in revenue, a 2.3% increase, while contributing $11.3 billion in taxes – a 7.2% increase. 

In the meantime, iGaming, a fairly small segment in terms of share, contributed $10.74 billion – 27.6% growth – and brought in $2.59 billion in taxes, or a 36.9% growth. 

Sports betting was another powerful contributor to revenue, with $16.96 billion brought in by the segment, a 22.8% growth, with a total handle of $166.94 billion – another 11% increase.

Taxes generated by the segment amounted to $3.71 billion – a 32.4% gain from the previously reported period. These numbers signify that, despite the growth of the prediction market segment, sports betting has continued to grow in its traditional form.

The numbers are also an important weathervane and benchmark to compare against in future reports as to where the advance of sports event contracts would actually diminish the segment’s clout. 

AGA has similarly remarked on prediction markets, specifically the part where they offer sports event contracts, arguing that this happened outside the established regulatory framework. 

“These platforms operate without state oversight, are not subject to the same consumer protection and responsible gaming standards, and do not contribute tax revenue,” AGA’s statement read, with the trade group doubling down on its opposition to the sector. 

AGA Still Determined to Turf Out Prediction Markets

“With 2025 marking another record year, the industry’s performance reinforces a clear principle. Sports betting belongs under state and tribal regulation. That’s how consumers are protected and how communities share in the benefits,” Miller himself added.

However, 2025 also proved a challenging year for driving the message in that prediction markets are the enemy. DraftKings, FanDuel, and Fanatics chose to quit the organization – supposedly over their disagreement with AGA’s stance on prediction markets. 

At the same time, some analysts do not believe that prediction markets are the enemy, nor that they would sap traditional sports betting’s competitiveness in the long term.