West Virginia Online Casino Revenue Reaches Record Of Over $41 Million In January
By Drew Ellis
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West Virginia online casino revenue continues to climb.
During January WV online casinos produced approximately $41.7 million in revenue for the month.
It is a new monthly high for the Mountain State, which has not previously crossed $40 million mark.
Compared to January last year, revenue is up over 40%.
How January Revenue is Tabulated
The West Virginia Lottery releases weekly revenue reports on iGaming through their website, so there are not clear-cut monthly totals, but you can get a good approximation of how things are.
Reports are slotted by the ending of each week, Here’s how each looked.
- Week ending Jan. 3: $9,205,916 (averages to 3,945,392 for three days)
- Week ending Jan. 10: $8,584,305
- Week ending Jan. 17: $8,107,821
- Week ending Jan. 24: $8,310,714
- Week ending Jan. 31: $8,823157
- Total: $41,716,782
In January 2025, West Virginia brought in about $29.8 million in iGaming revenue. That’s a 40% increase year-over-year.
With the 15% tax rate on the revenue, $6.3 million was generated for the state through January’s online casino play.
West Virginia iGaming Approaching New Milestone
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, the revenue may not take much of a step back.
The first week of February online casino data is already filed and it produced $9,856,344 in revenue. That’s a new weekly record for the state and the closest it has come to reaching $10 million for a single week.
Prior to August, West Virginia had never reached more than $8 million in iGaming revenue for a week. It has now surpassed that in seven consecutive weeks and in 13 of the last 15 weeks.
During that same stretch, West Viriginia has topped $9 million in weekly revenue four times.
It will not be long before $10 million in weekly revenue becomes a regular part of WV online casino data. By the end of 2026, that number could be climbing to $12 million or higher. The peak at the end of 2024 was just under $7 million. That grew to a peak of $9.7 million in 2025.
Drew Ellis has experience covering the gambling industries in North America and around the world. Decades of media experience provide him with the background to handle the complexities of different gambling laws and policies around the United States and North America. Ellis has primarily focused on online and retail casino news since 2021. Prior to working in the gambling industry, Ellis spent over 20 years in the newspaper industry, covering sports and the gambling. His work for The Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun and The Oakland Press was recognized with awards by the Associated Press and other media organizations. Drew has also contributed to the Detroit Free Press and the Associated Press.
