Online casinos within the state of latest Jersey collectively won $17 million from gamblers through the month of April, in step with figures released this week from Garden State regulators. The $17 million is an all-time high for a single month.

That amount was 33.8 percent greater than April 2015’s $12.7 million. The former high was set in March, when the web casinos broke the $15-million mark for the primary time.

Through the primary four months of this year, Internet gaming win was up 29.3 percent year-over-year to $61.9 million.

Revenue from peer-to-peer poker play was nearly $2.6 million in April, in comparison to $2 million the year prior. That was a rise of 30.4 percent.

April was the primary full month of PokerStars running games in New Jersey. The site, which partnered with Resorts casino, launched on Mar. 21.

According to information from New Jersey, PokerStars accounted for about 46 percent of the state’s online poker market in April.

The first third of 2016 has generated $9.2 million in online poker revenue, up 7.4 percent from the $8.6 million raked through the first four months of 2015.

The Borgata led the way in which with nearly $4 million in April online gaming revenue, followed by Resorts ($3.5 million), Golden Nugget ($3.3 million), Caesars Interactive NJ ($3.2 million) and Tropicana ($3.1 million).

Resorts had just $212,739 in online gaming revenue in April 2015, so the partnership with PokerStars has made an enormous difference.

Only Resorts, Borgata and Caesars do online poker.

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