Michigan online casino revenue, August 2026: $303.0M
$303.0M of iGaming gross receipts in August 2026, +15.1% year on year; taxable AGR was $290.8M and state iGaming taxes $61.2M (changes are our calculation).
Key takeaways
- 01iGaming AGR, Michigan's tax base, was $290.8M, +17.6% on August 2025's $247.2M (our calculation).
- 02iGaming paid $61.2M to the state, $13.4M to Detroit and $8.5M to tribal governing bodies.
- 03Online sports gross receipts were $34.6M on $330.5M of handle; MGCB publishes no combined iGaming-plus-sports total.
Michigan’s online casino operators reported $303.0M of iGaming gross receipts in August 2026, according to the Michigan Gaming Control Board’s 2026 internet gaming revenue workbook (XLSX) and its August 2026 revenue release, published on 2026-09-18. After allowable deductions, mainly promotional credits, adjusted gross receipts (AGR), the figure Michigan taxes, were $290.8M, +17.6% against August 2025 (our calculation).
The numbers
| Metric (MGCB term) | Aug 2026 | Aug 2025 | YoY (our calculation) |
|---|---|---|---|
| iGaming gross receipts | $303,016,075.53 | $263,270,692.85 | +15.1% |
| iGaming adjusted gross receipts (AGR, tax base) | $290,809,872.97 | $247,235,915.32 | +17.6% |
| iGaming State of Michigan tax/payments | $61,247,193.06 | $51,564,965.51 | +18.8% |
| Online sports handle | $330,491,956.53 | $338,856,657.01 | −2.5% |
| Online sports gross receipts | $34,586,306.90 | $49,265,180.30 | −29.8% |
| Online sports AGR | $24,179,575.01 | $34,206,736.18 | −29.3% |
MGCB’s iGaming figures include online poker; it does not split poker out. It publishes no iGaming wagers and no combined iGaming-plus-sports total, so this story does not add the two together.
Online casino
Gross receipts were +15.1% year on year and +0.1% against July 2026’s $302.8M (our calculation). Operators paid $61.2M in iGaming taxes and payments to the State of Michigan. The three Detroit commercial operators paid $13.4M to the City of Detroit, and tribal operators paid $8.5M to their governing bodies. Michigan taxes iGaming AGR on a sliding scale of 20% to 28%. Hannahville suspended its iGaming and online sports operations from July to November 2025, so the year-ago comparison covers a slightly different set of operators.
Sports betting
Online sportsbooks took $330.5M in handle, with gross receipts of $34.6M and AGR of $24.2M. State taxes and payments were $1.6M at the 8.4% rate on AGR, and Detroit received $0.5M. Operators with negative AGR pay no tax, so the statewide tax can differ from 8.4% of statewide AGR.
The monthly series and the per-operator table are on our Michigan online gaming revenue data page. The figures are operator-reported; MGCB notes that not all amounts have been audited or reviewed.
