- Mississippi blackjack revenue for September 2026 rose 36.3% to $11.0 million as hold reached 19.11% on $57.5 million of drop.
- Last year’s 15.94% hold on September’s drop would have produced $9.17 million, about $1.83 million less than the tables kept.
- The Coastal region’s 219 tables won $7.49 million, up 43.0%, supplying about 77% of the statewide gain.
- Northern tables won 40.2% more on 1.5% less drop, while Central blackjack revenue slipped 2.3% to $1.06 million.
JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi casinos won $11.0 million from blackjack in September, 36.3% above the $8.07 million won in September 2025, the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s September Tables Hold Report shows. Drop, the cash players convert into chips at the table, rose 13.7% to $57.5 million, and casinos kept 19.11% of it, compared with 15.94% in September 2025.
The Rate Gain Alone Added $1.83 Million
Each point of hold was worth about $575,000 on September’s drop. Applied to this year’s drop, last year’s 15.94% would have produced about $9.17 million, so the rate gain supplied roughly $1.83 million toward the $2.93 million increase and the extra $6.9 million of drop supplied the remaining $1.10 million.
Hold and house edge measure different things. A basic-strategy player at a 3:2 table gives up about 0.5% of each wager, the same edge math that applies at online blackjack sites, while hold comes in far above that figure. Chips from one buy-in get wagered again and again, and drop counts the money only once.
The report carries no rules or bet-size detail, so it cannot say what moved the rate. A switch to 6:5 payouts would widen the house edge by 1.39 points on every wager, but without a rules change, a month’s hold follows how often players re-wager their chips and how their hands run.
Gulf Coast Casinos Supplied About 77% Of The Gain
The Gulf Coast casinos, which the commission reports as its Coastal region, ran 219 tables that won $7.49 million, up 43.0% from $5.24 million, accounting for $2.25 million out of the $2.93 million statewide increase. The region ran the same 219 tables in both Septembers, so the gain came from each table winning more, $34,223 against $23,936. Drop rose 22.2% to $42.49 million and hold reached 17.64% from 15.07%.
The commission’s September table count shows Beau Rivage Casino running 37 blackjack tables, three more than in September 2025 and the most in the state, ahead of 31 at Hard Rock Casino Biloxi. The hold figures are reported by region only, so they cannot show which casinos drove the gain.
Northern Hold Jumped 6.7 Points While Central Slipped
Northern casinos won $2.45 million from blackjack, up 40.2% from $1.75 million, even though drop slipped 1.5% to $10.88 million. Hold jumped to 22.50% from 15.82%. The region ran 67 tables against 70, and Sam’s Town Tunica, which reported three tables in the 2025 count, no longer appears in the commission’s table count.
Central alone lost ground. Its 31 tables won $1.06 million, down 2.3% from $1.08 million, because drop fell 13.3% to $4.18 million, more than a rise in hold to 25.27% from 22.42% could offset.
Blackjack Held 35% Of Mississippi Table Win
Blackjack’s $11.0 million was 35.1% of the $31.35 million the state’s casino tables won in September, up from 33.8% in September 2025. Win across all table games rose 31.2%, and blackjack’s 36.3% outpaced the 28.6% gain across the other table games combined.
Mississippi has no legal online casino, so the commission’s figures describe in-person play only, the baseline for Mississippi blackjack sites.
