Kansas Casino Revenue Falls Less Than 1% Year-on-Year in December

The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission released its commercial casino revenue for December 2024, showing a drop of under 1% from last December.

Ziv Chen

Last Updated: January 21, 2025 1:26 PM EST • 2 minute read

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Kansas isn't just home to a handful of best sports betting sites, but it also has an established gaming industry. While residents can't take advantage of real-money online casinos, there are brick-and-mortar options available to them.

The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission released its commercial casino revenue for December 2024, with the four casinos generating a combined revenue of over $37 million, a drop of under 1% from last December.

Of this total, Hollywood Casino & Resort produced the highest revenue at $14.9 million, an increase from the $14.7 million it generated last year.

Mixed casino revenue results

Since last December, Hollywood Casino & Resort has overtaken Kansas Star Casino & Resort as the highest revenue generator for the state, with an overall increase of 1.25% in revenue. This makes Hollywood Casino & Resort responsible for 40.37% of the state-wide total. Meanwhile, Kansas Star Casino & Resort has reported a decrease of 3.00%, placing it second among the state’s casinos in revenue.

Gaming facility	December 2023	December 2024	Change
Hollywood Casino & Resort	$ 14,794,647.63	$ 14,979,442.47	+1.25%
Kansas Star Casino & Resort	$ 14,938,602.79	$ 14,489,439.15	-3.00%
Boot Hill Casino & Resort	$ 4,380,085.77	$ 4,123,009.19	-5.87%
Kansas Crossing Casino & Resort	$ 3,329,139.97	$ 3,512,888.42	+5.52%
Total	$37,442,476.16	$ 37,104,779.23	-0.9%

Of Hollywood’s total revenue in December 2024, $13.3 million came from electronic gaming machines (slots), while $1.6 million came from table games. This shows an increase of 2.64% and a decrease of 8.63%, respectively, compared to last December.

Kansas Star’s electronic gaming machines generated $12 million, and table games contributed another $2.4 million. Compared to last year, this is a decrease of 3.17 and 2.23, respectively.

Boot Hill and Kansas Crossing have reported a little over $3 million in revenue from their electronic gaming machines, with Boot Hill reporting that table games contributed $0.5 million. For Kansas Crossing, table games only added another $0.3 million.

Month-on-month rise

Although the total revenue reported is 0.9% less than last December, it is still more significant than in November 2024. Kansas casino revenue only reached $35.2 million in November 2024, making December 2024 a month-on-month increase of 5.23%.

Between November and December, all four casinos experienced a percentage growth between 2% and 6%, with Kansas Star reporting the most significant increase at 6.05%.

Revenue for fiscal year 2025 is reportedly at $207.7 million, a 3.5% increase from this point last year. The fiscal year runs from July through June.

Written by:
Ziv Chen

Ziv has over two decades of experience in the igaming and sports betting industry, having served in senior marketing and business development positions with both B2C and B2B companies, including Playtech and Microgaming. In 2019, Ziv decided to pursue his passion for writing and became a fulltime industry journalist, covering casino, sports, and gambling business news. He’s specialties include casino games and technology, US state gambling regulation, company performance, as well as gambling affiliates and marketing. As a Pitt graduate, Ziv is a diehard fan of all Pittsburgh sports teams, with the Steelers at the top of the list. In his free time, he enjoys reading crime fiction, biographies (mainly of sports personalities, but not only) and American history. Ziv’s Favorite quote: “We're going to pursue perfection, knowing full well we won't catch it, but we're going to relentlessly chase it," Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach.