Atlantic City Casinos Post Best Summer in a Decade
Atlantic City‘s casinos enjoyed their best summer in a decade, even as a downturn in August saw in-person spending fall at every casino except one. August’s gross gaming revenue (GGR) from land-based slot machines and table games declined 5.5% year-on-year to $294.9 million, with eight of the city’s nine gaming floors reporting lower in-person spend. Ocean Resort saw the steepest drop, down 13%, while MGM Resorts‘ Borgata was the lone exception, posting a 6.4% increase.
The overall summer figures were buoyed by the casinos’ best July performance since 2012. “At the peak of summer, Atlantic City’s casino operators realised the best single-month of brick-and-mortar gross revenue since August 2025 and the second-highest such return in more than a decade,” said Brian Tyrrell, director of Stockton University’s Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism.
James Plousis, chairman of the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, said the summer’s total in-person gambling spend of $856 million was the city’s best in ten years. “With summer ending, Atlantic City is entering the start of its traditional shoulder season,” Plousis said. “Last year, internet gaming win eclipsed in-person casino win in every month of the shoulder season. This trend bears watching given the ongoing pressure being felt by Atlantic City operators in the face of record-high costs and expenses.”
Sports betting revenue in the city fell 25% in August, to $61.4 million from $81.9 million a year earlier, a decline attributed to a later start to the autumn sports calendar.
