iGaming Ontario Reports $425M December As 2025 Tops $4B

Ontario online gambling closed 2025 with its strongest month on record, as rising player activity and sustained casino growth pushed both revenue and handle to new highs.

Good to Know

• December online gaming revenue reached $425.4 million, a 57.7% increase year over year.
• Full year online gaming revenue in Ontario exceeded $4 billion.
• Online casinos generated more than three quarters of December revenue.

Record breaking results capped the year for iGaming Ontario, which reported $425.4 million in online gaming revenue for December 2025. The figure represented a 57.7% increase compared with December 2024 and closed out a year in which total online gaming revenue passed the $4 billion mark.

Handle climbed alongside revenue. According to the report released Thursday, wagers placed across regulated online platforms reached $9.5 billion in December, setting a new monthly high and coming in 22.5% above the same month one year earlier.

Casino style games continued to anchor the market. Online casino revenue totaled $320.5 million for December, accounting for just over 75% of all online gaming revenue in the province. The category delivered its second consecutive month above $300 million and finished 42.7% higher than December 2024.

Sports betting also delivered a sharp year over year jump, even without setting a new record. Online sports betting revenue reached $99.1 million in December, a 150% increase from the prior year. The total trailed only November, which remains the high water mark at $102.0 million.

Player participation helped fuel the results. Roughly 1.28 million active accounts generated wagering activity during December. While not an all time high, the total easily cleared December 2024 levels of about 1.03 million active accounts. Average revenue per active player reached $334, representing growth of roughly 27% year over year.

Poker continued to lag behind other verticals. Revenue from online poker reached $5.8 million during December, slightly above the $5.6 million posted in the same month last year. The result still fell well short of the category peak of $7.1 million recorded in March 2024.

The challenge facing poker extends beyond Ontario. Peer to peer formats rely on large player pools to maintain liquidity and consistent game availability. Smaller markets often struggle to support that model on their own.

Some US jurisdictions addressed that issue through the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement, which allows shared poker liquidity across state lines. Ontario regulators are exploring a similar approach to expand the available player base.

A recent legal development may support that effort. In November, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled that regulated online gaming platforms in the province can legally allow players to compete with users located outside of Canada. That decision could eventually benefit poker and daily fantasy sports, both of which tend to perform better with broader participation.

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