Massachusetts Reports Weaker Betting Results for June

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has published its casino and sports betting report for June. In total, the state’s gaming industry recorded $159.7 million in revenue for the month, as operators paid $40.3 million in taxes.  

On a year-to-date basis, the gaming industry has so far generated $306.5 million in taxes.

The Three Casinos Paid Millions in Taxes

According to the report, the state’s land-based casinos, Plainridge Park Casino (PPC), MGM Springfield (MGM), and Encore Boston Harbor (EBH) generated approximately $97.68 million in gross gaming revenue.

This figure included $68.4 million from slot machines, as well as $29.25 million from table games. In addition to that, the casino industry paid $27.9 million in taxes.

EBH was the clear leader in terms of revenues, with a GGR of $60.2 million for the period. In June, the casino paid $15 million in taxes to the state. MGM, on the other hand, reported $14.6 million in GGR for the period and paid $5.7 million in taxes to the state. Finally, PPC, which offers only slot games, reported $14.6 million in revenue.

Sports Betting Was Weaker in June

The sports betting results were somewhat weaker, with handle and revenue hitting their lowest point for 2025 so far.

In terms of retail betting, the state’s three casinos recorded $7.2 million in handle and kept $605K as revenue. This represented an average revenue hold of 8.36%. The sports betting industry ended up paying $71K in taxes to the state.

Of the retail operators, EBH reported $3.9 million in handle and $181K in revenue. While these figures outline the highest handle out of all retail companies, they also reflect the lowest revenue hold percentage ($4.67%). MGM and PPC, meanwhile, reported $1 million and $2.3 million in handle, respectively. MGM, which had the highest revenue hold (16.81%), ended up keeping $174.4 million. At the same time, PPC led in terms of action revenue ($249.4 million, 10.74% revenue hold).

The Online Figures Were Mixed

The online sportsbooks in Massachusetts, meanwhile, settled a total of $525.5 million in wagers in June, and kept $62.9 million. This reflects an average revenue hold percentage of 11.96%.

The outliers in terms of handle and revenue include, as one might imagine, DraftKings and FanDuel. The two companies reported handle figures of $266.1 million and $138.9 million, respectively, as well as revenues of $32 million and $17.8 million, respectively. The revenue hold percentage was roughly the same for the two, with DraftKings reporting 12.05% and FanDuel reporting 12.80%.

Although Fanatics stood in the middle in terms of sports betting handle, the sportsbook had one of the highest hold percentages at 12.44%, resulting in $4.7 million in revenue. Bally Bet struggled the most with revenue hold of only 5.96% and revenue of $237K.

BetMGM, Caesars and ESPN, meanwhile, reported revenues of $5.3 million, $1.3 million, and $1.5 million, respectively.

The online sportsbooks in Massachusetts paid a total of $12.3 million in taxes in June.