Borgata Stands Alone as Only Atlantic City Casino to Grow Revenue in August
Atlantic City's nine casinos brought in $294.9 million in in-person gaming revenue in August 2026, down 5.5% from the same month last year, according to figures the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement released on September 16. Of the nine properties, only Borgata posted a year-over-year increase in in-person win, while the rest of the market pulled back.
How each property performed
Borgata led the market outright with $85.4 million in August revenue, up 6.4% from a year earlier, driven largely by strong table-games volume. Every other Atlantic City casino reported a decline: Ocean Casino Resort fell hardest at roughly 13%, followed by Harrah's Atlantic City (down about 12.7%), Golden Nugget and Bally's Atlantic City (each down roughly 10.3%), Caesars Atlantic City (down about 9.2%), Hard Rock Atlantic City (down 9%), Tropicana (down 5.5%), and Resorts Casino Hotel, which held up best among the decliners at roughly -1.2%. Slot machines accounted for $222.4 million of the month's total in-person win, with table games making up the remaining $72.5 million, and the state collected about $21.9 million in gaming tax from the total.
Online gaming still outpacing the casino floor
New Jersey's regulated online casino market brought in $259.3 million in August, up 4.4% year-over-year, meaning brick-and-mortar revenue outpaced internet gaming for a second straight month after online win had been running ahead of in-person win through most of the year. Sports wagering revenue came in at $61.4 million for the month, down 25% year-over-year, on handle of $732.3 million, down 9%. Gaming regulator James Plousis noted that internet gaming win had outpaced in-person casino win in every month of last year's shoulder season, and said the trend is one the division continues to monitor.
Why it matters to a US player
The gap between Borgata's growth and the rest of the market's decline points to an increasingly uneven Atlantic City casino floor, where table-games strength at one property isn't being matched market-wide even as the region's online casino and sports betting channels keep taking a larger year-to-date share of overall gaming revenue. For a market still adjusting to online gaming's growing weight, a report like this one is a useful signal of where the underlying demand in New Jersey's gaming market is actually shifting.