Active player accounts down in Ontario, everything else up in May
iGaming Ontario published its monthly market performance report for May, and active player accounts is the only area where Ontario experienced a decline from April to May. The market performance report provides data on Ontario’s active player accounts, monthly cash wagers, non-adjusted gross gaming revenue (NAGGR), and average revenue per active player account (ARPPA) for Ontario’s regulated betting sites. Ontario’s market performance reports provide some insight into the betting habits of Ontarians on betting sites that are regulated by iGaming Ontario.
The number of monthly active players accounts in Ontario for the month of May fell to 1,068,000 from 1,091,000 in April. The number of active player accounts has gone up and down from month to month this year. The highest number of active player accounts in 2025 so far was in February. The number of active player accounts doesn’t represent individual players because some players have an account with more than one of the betting sites. For an account to be considered an active player account, the account must have cash and/or promotional wagering activities during the month. ARPPA — NAGGR divided by active player accounts — was $316 in May. ARPPA went up every month since February.
More than $8 billion wagered in a month for the first time
iGaming Ontario reported about $8,006,000 billion in cash wagers by Ontarians in May, the highest number reported for one month since the regulated market went live. Monthly cash wagers increased overall in Ontario, but cash wagers for betting decreased. Cash wagers increased for the casino and remained the same for peer-to-peer poker. Cash wagers doesn’t include promotional wagers/ bonuses.
NAGGR was $338 million in May, up from $313 million in April. NAGGR is total cash wagers and includes rake fees, tournament fees, and other fees minus player winnings from cash wagers without taking into account operating costs and other liabilities. NAGGR increased for the casino, betting, and peer-to-peer poker. NAGGR was $260 million for the casino and $72 million for betting. Peer-to-peer poker was the lowest with $6.3 million.
Betting, casino, and more explained
For this report, the betting numbers include sports, exchange betting, Esports, proposition and novelty bets. The casino numbers include slots, peer-to-peer bingo, and live and computer-based table games. Peer-to-peer poker includes all of the multiplayer poker cash games and tournaments.
According to iGaming Ontario, the number of wagers in the report was rounded to the nearest million. The revenue figures were rounded to the nearest 100 thousand. Player account numbers were rounded to the nearest thousand. And monthly spend per active player account was rounded to the nearest dollar.
