Louisiana gaming revenue rises in August; video gaming and Caesars New Orleans post notable gains
Get AI-powered insights, summaries, and transcripts
Subscribe
Summary
State gaming officials reported increases across riverboat, casino and video gaming revenues for August 2025, with Caesars New Orleans and mobile sportsbooks showing the largest month‑over‑month gains.
BATON ROUGE, La. — State gaming regulators reported broad revenue increases for August 2025 during the Louisiana Gaming Control Board’s public meeting Sept. 18. Donna Jackson, a division staff member, presented the monthly and fiscal‑year totals and said several sectors showed gains.
Jackson told the board that the 15 operating riverboats generated adjusted gross receipts of $160,851,747 for August and that the state collected $34,583,125 in fees for the month. She said riverboat adjusted gross receipts for fiscal year 2526 to date were approximately $312,000,000, an increase of $26,500,000, or 9%, from fiscal year 2425.
Jackson highlighted performance at Caesars New Orleans, saying, “Caesars generated $25,796,776 in gross gaming revenue,” an increase of $4,500,000, or 21%, from the prior month and $6,900,000, or 36.6%, from the same month last year. She said the state received $5,520,548 in minimum daily payments from Caesars in August and that fiscal‑year‑to‑date adjusted gross receipts for the property were $47,000,000, an increase of $10,500,000, or 29%, from the prior fiscal year.
Jackson reported that the four racetrack slot facilities combined produced adjusted gross receipts of $28,144,801 in August, up $1,900,000 (7.2%) from July and $1,600,000 (6.2%) from last August, with $4,300,000 collected in state fees for the month. Video gaming devices totaled 12,343 activated units at 1,378 locations; net device revenue for August was $65,378,438, a 1.5% increase from July and a 5.2% increase from last August. Fiscal‑year‑to‑date net device revenue was $129,800,000, up $7,000,000 (5.8%) from the prior fiscal year.
Jackson also reported sports wagering activity: retail sportsbooks accepted $19,600,000 in wagers in August, producing $3,300,000 in net proceeds and $306,000 in state taxes; mobile sportsbooks accepted $251,800,000 in wagers, producing $30,200,000 in net proceeds and $6,500,000 in taxes. Daily fantasy sports gross revenue for August was approximately $372,000, with net revenue of $41,000 and taxes of $3,300.
Board members had no questions following the report and the board moved on to other agenda items.
Ending: The board did not take action on the revenue figures themselves; they were accepted as reported at the Sept. 18 meeting.