West Virginia online casino revenue was slightly up in May, bringing in approximately $39.5 million last month.
May’s total was up 3.1% from the $38.3 million the state did in April.
The West Virginia online casinos were also up big year-over-year. Last May, the state tallied $29.9 million in iGaming revenue. Last month marked a 32.1% increase from a year ago.
How May’s WV Online Casino 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 in May.
- Week ending May 2: $9,592,385 (averages to $2,740,681 over 2 days)
- Week ending May 9: $9,288,387
- Week ending May 16: $9,215,597
- Week ending May 23: $8,562,622
- Week ending May 30: $8,367,375
- Week ending June 6: $9,545,280 (averages to 1,363,611 over 1 day)
- Total: $39,538,273
The weeks ending May 2 and June 6 are done by average, so that is why we say the monthly total was approximately $39.5 million.
With the 15% tax rate on the revenue, $5.9 million was generated for the state through May’s online casino play.
2026 Revenue Just Shy of $200 Million
Through five months of 2026, WV online casino revenue is sitting at $198.6 million, just shy of $200 million.
That is up 37.3% from the $144.6 million the state was at through five months of 2025.
The year-over-year growth is slowing down. This is three consecutive months that the growth rate is under 40%. The last two months have seen notable drops in growth rate after March set the monthly revenue record.
Regardless of the growth rate dipping, WV iGaming is still putting up record numbers in 2026. Tax revenue is approaching $30 million thus far for the year, over $8 million more than a year ago.
Fiscal Year 2025/26 Ends This Month
West Virginia focuses its revenue over fiscal years.
Each fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30.
Data from the West Virginia Lottery is through June 6, with total revenue from iGaming at $408.7 million. That has generated $61.3 million in tax revenue.
Fiscal year 2024/25, which concluded on June 30, 2025, finished with $307.7 million in online casino revenue. That amounted to $46.2 million in tax revenue.
With 3.5 weeks still to go, FY 2025/26 iGaming revenue is already up 32.6%. With the additional weeks, that should push the fiscal yearly growth over 40%.
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.
