Ontario monthly revenue hits record high as C$300m mark surpassed
Canadian province hits record totals in several key metrics, including active player accounts and total handle, in January 2025
Ontario has posted a record gross gaming revenue (GGR) of C$327.9m ($230.9m) for January, the highest the metric has been since the regulated market was launched in April 2022.
The figure marks a 22% month over month (MOM) increase compared to December 2024 when regulated operators posted GGR of C$269.3m.
January’s total is also C$37m more than the previous monthly revenue record of C$290.9m generated last November, as per data released by iGaming Ontario (iGO).
It was a similar story for handle, with C$7.8m wagered by bettors in the Canadian province, matching the record total first achieved in December.
January also saw the amount of active player accounts reach a record high of 1.1 million, up 8% MOM.
Average revenue per active player account (ARPPA) climbed 13% MOM to C$297, but fell short of Ontario’s existing record since market launch of $331 from September 2024.
Breaking Ontario’s GGR down by vertical, C$230.4m came from online casino, representing 70.3% market share and a C$6m increase from December’s previous record total of C$224.4m.
Sports betting generated C$91.9m in GGR for January, soaring from C$39.3m in December and making up 28% of Ontario’s regulated market revenue.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) poker made up the remaining C$5.6m and 2% in revenue and market share, respectively.
Online casino handle remained flat MOM at C$6.5bn, with the vertical accounting for 83% of total handle in the province.
Sports betting’s handle market share remained flat MOM at 15%, as did P2P poker at 2%.
Excluding promotional wagers, Ontario’s igaming market brought in $6.5m from bettors, with sports betting wagers totaling C$1.2m.
The Ontarian market consists of 50 live operators and 84 legal gambling websites.
Last month saw iGO release data that showed the province had generated gaming revenue of C$825.8m for Q3 2024-25, which marked a 25% year-on-year (YOY) increase.
The regulator has also committed to delivering a monthly fiscal breakdown of the market’s performance, as opposed to the previous quarterly disclosure.