Pennsylvania Self-Exclusion Enrollments Rise 18% as iGaming Grows 18.4%

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board published its 20th annual report on September 30. The headline numbers were already familiar: regulated gaming revenue passed $7 billion and tax and fee receipts reached about $3.1 billion.

The self-exclusion data tells a less visible part of the same year.

More Players Are Using the Exclusion System

An October 1 analysis by PublicSource found that the number of people entering Pennsylvania’s voluntary gambling exclusion programs increased 18% over the previous fiscal year. More than 30,000 people are currently excluded from at least one form of gambling in the state.

The pace has changed sharply over a longer period. PublicSource estimates that, if the current rate continues, more than 10,000 people will add themselves to an exclusion program during 2026. Six years ago the annual figure was below 1,500.

Pennsylvania operates separate exclusion programs covering casinos, internet gambling, video gaming terminals and fantasy contests. Interactive gambling also includes online sports wagering.

The enrollment number should not be read as a count of newly diagnosed gambling disorders. It records use of a regulatory tool, across several types of gambling.

Online Revenue Added $456M in One Year

The revenue side moved at nearly the same percentage rate. PGCB’s fiscal-year figures show iGaming revenue increasing from $2.477 billion in FY2024/25 to $2.933 billion in FY2025/26, a rise of 18.42%.

Retail casino gaming went the other way once slots and tables are combined. Slot revenue was almost flat at $2.441 billion, up 0.02%. Table-game revenue fell 2.15% to $908.9 million.

15M’s calculation puts combined slots and table revenue at about $3.350 billion, down $19.5 million, or 0.58%, from the previous fiscal year.

There is another split inside the $7.006 billion statewide total. Pennsylvania gaming revenue increased by $611.3 million year on year. iGaming alone supplied $456.4 million of that increase – roughly 74.7% of the market’s net growth.

The Parallel Stops at the Percentage

An 18% rise in self-exclusion enrollments next to 18.42% iGaming growth makes a useful comparison. It is still only a comparison.

The exclusion programs cover several gambling products, and the published figures do not show that new enrollments were caused by increased online casino activity.

What the annual data does show is a market moving further online while use of one of Pennsylvania’s main responsible-gambling controls is also rising quickly. Retail casino revenue was almost unchanged in aggregate. The two fastest-moving lines were elsewhere.