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Best Gambling Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top gambling stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best gambling stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best gambling stocks to buy right now are:

Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) is the #1 top gambling stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 20 points higher than the gambling industry average of 32.

ACEL passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Accel Entertainment has seen its stock lose -10.15% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 1 percentage points.

Accel Entertainment has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 57.17% from Accel Entertainment's current stock price of $10.18.

Accel Entertainment stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Accel Entertainment, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) is the #2 top gambling stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -5 points lower than the gambling industry average of 32. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates RSI as a "B".

RSI passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Rush Street Interactive has seen its stock return 67.82% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 79 percentage points.

Rush Street Interactive has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 3.49% from Rush Street Interactive's current stock price of $18.36.

Rush Street Interactive stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Rush Street Interactive, 42.86% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 42.86% have issued a Buy, 14.29% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) is the #3 top gambling stock out of 15 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) has a Due Diligence Score of 33, which is 1 points higher than the gambling industry average of 32.

SGHC passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Super Group has seen its stock return 223.94% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 235 percentage points.

Super Group has an average 1 year price target of $17.17, an upside of 32.16% from Super Group's current stock price of $12.99.

Super Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Super Group, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 3 gambling stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 gambling stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Brightstar Lottery (NYSE:BRSL) has an annual dividend yield of 4.88%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gambling industry average of 1.73%. Brightstar Lottery's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Brightstar Lottery's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Brightstar Lottery's dividend payout ratio of 395.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Canterbury Park Holding (NASDAQ:CPHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.28%, which is the same as the gambling industry average of 1.73%. Canterbury Park Holding's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Canterbury Park Holding's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Canterbury Park Holding's dividend payout ratio of 175% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) has an annual dividend yield of 0.45%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the gambling industry average of 1.73%. Churchill Downs's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Churchill Downs's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Churchill Downs's dividend payout ratio of 7% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gambling stocks were down -2.39% in the last day, and down -6.07% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why gambling stocks are down.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued gambling stocks right now are:

Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) is the most undervalued gambling stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Inspired Entertainment has a valuation score of 29, which is 0 points higher than the gambling industry average of 29. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Inspired Entertainment's stock has dropped -10.4% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by 1 percentage points.

Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) is the second most undervalued gambling stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Accel Entertainment has a valuation score of 71, which is 42 points higher than the gambling industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Accel Entertainment's stock has dropped -10.15% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by 1 percentage points.

Gamblingcom Group (NASDAQ:GAMB) is the third most undervalued gambling stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Gamblingcom Group has a valuation score of 71, which is 42 points higher than the gambling industry average of 29. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Gamblingcom Group's stock has dropped -22.47% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by -11 percentage points.

58.33% of gambling stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect gambling stocks to rise by 44.48% over the next year.

8.33% of gambling stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 16.67% of gambling stocks are rated B (Buy), 75% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).