Ontario IGaming Revenue Increases 25% Year-Over-Year
Ontario video gaming revenue increased 25% year-over-year.
- Online gambling establishments carried most of the earnings, reporting $248 million of the $313.2 million overall.
- Ontario iGaming released in 2022 and by its third year generated $3.2 billion in income.
The numbers, which iGaming Ontario released today, likewise revealed April income increased from March, in spite of Ontario's gaming clients reducing their spending.
The total was $296 million in March 2025, a 5.8% month-over-month boost.
Ontario's controlled online betting sector is the very first in Canada available to commercial competition. Launched in 2022, it's grown considerably and now has 49 certified operators running 83 digital betting websites.
The marketplace also tape-recorded $2.4 billion in gaming profit for its second year of operation; this given that grown even more, as revenue topped $3.2 billion in the 2024-2025 financial year.
Online casinos dominated ontario earnings
Of the 3 segments, online gambling establishment video gaming controlled, with a 35.6% year-over-year earnings increase to $248 million, 78% of April's general total.
Sports wagering contributed 21% of the month's earnings, adding $64.5 million, although this was virtually the same from last April. Poker created $5.9 million in April, a 3.5% rise from last year, and 2% of the total market.
Ontario operators recorded gamer spend drop
Although total earnings figures were favorable in April, the quantity of money gamers bet dropped compared to March. March's total handle was $8 billion, which was up to $7.8 billion in April, an approximately 2% drop.
That decrease was not replicated year-over-year, nevertheless. Compared to player invest in online gambling establishment bets in April 2024, this year's figure was up 14.1%, to $6.58 billion, and sports betting wagers revealed a 14.1% rise, to $1.07 billion.
Online operators also had some great news on the variety of gamers in the market. Ontario iGaming figures reveal that in April, active monthly player accounts struck 1.1 million, a 20.3% increase over 2024 and a 2.8% increase from March.
There was also an increase to average profits per account, increasing 4% year-over-year to $287.
The success of Ontario's iGaming model led other provinces to try to create their own industrial gaming sectors. Alberta just recently passed its own iGaming law (Bill 48) in May, and ought to introduce early next year.