PokerStars on FanDuel Posts 14% August Revenue Growth Across Three States
Estimated gains in New Jersey and Michigan outweighed a continuing decline for PokerStars in Pennsylvania.
PokerStars on FanDuel generated an estimated $2.6 million in online poker revenue across Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in August, a 14% increase from the same month last year. Gambling.com reported that it was the only one of the three biggest regulated U.S. online poker brands to post year-over-year growth during the month.
The result came after FanDuel moved U.S. PokerStars players to iPoker software in April and combined its previously separate Pennsylvania network with the existing Michigan-New Jersey shared pool. The Michigan Gaming Control Board had approved FanDuel to offer multi-state poker among the three states effective April 1, finding the operator met Michigan’s regulatory requirements.
The growth was concentrated outside Pennsylvania. PokerStars NJ was estimated to have risen 30% year over year, while Michigan was expanding at a similar rate. PokerStars NJ also became New Jersey’s largest individual poker site, although BetMGM’s combined network of Borgata and PartyPoker remained larger overall in the state.
Pennsylvania was the exception: PokerStars PA remained in decline despite gaining access to the larger interstate player pool. That was consistent with the statewide result previously covered in September. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board recorded $2.4 million in total iGaming poker revenue for August, down 5.15% from roughly $2.5 million a year earlier.
The contrast was particularly sharp against Pennsylvania’s broader online-casino market. Total state iGaming revenue rose 6.25% year over year to $245.7 million in August, leaving poker as a small and declining component of the category.
Across the five months following the April platform switch, PokerStars on FanDuel generated an estimated $12.9 million, up 9.4% from $11.8 million in the comparable period of 2025. The reported results do not establish that the migration or shared pool caused the increase, but they extend the period of growth following the change.
Interstate liquidity gives operators access to a larger player base in a U.S. market where regulated online poker is legal in relatively few states. Larger pools can support more game selection and tournament activity. Michigan joined the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement in 2022; the agreement’s members include Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, although not all member states have fully launched shared tables.
