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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 14 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: B, and AI: C.

Accel Entertainment (NYSE:ACEL) has a Due Diligence Score of 41, which is 5 points higher than the gambling industry average of 36.

ACEL passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Accel Entertainment has seen its stock return 20.3% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 8 percentage points.

Accel Entertainment has an average 1 year price target of $16.00, an upside of 33% from Accel Entertainment's current stock price of $12.03.

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.

Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) is the #2 top gambling stock out of 14 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 Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 10 points higher than the gambling industry average of 36.

SGHC passed 20 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Super Group has seen its stock return 236% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 223 percentage points.

Super Group has an average 1 year price target of $11.50, an upside of 5.31% from Super Group's current stock price of $10.92.

Super Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Super Group, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 33.33% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) is the #3 top gambling stock out of 14 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 Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is -9 points lower than the gambling industry average of 36. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates INSE as a "B".

INSE passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Inspired Entertainment has seen its stock lose -4.04% over the past year, underperforming other gambling stocks by -17 percentage points.

Inspired Entertainment has an average 1 year price target of $12.75, an upside of 49.12% from Inspired Entertainment's current stock price of $8.55.

Inspired Entertainment stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Inspired Entertainment, 25% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 75% 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 4 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 4.91%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gambling industry average of 1.69%. 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 54% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Canterbury Park Holding (NASDAQ:CPHC) has an annual dividend yield of 1.08%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the gambling industry average of 1.69%. 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 0.39%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the gambling industry average of 1.69%. 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 7.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gambling stocks were up 0.31% in the last day, and up 4.41% over the last week.

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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 3 points higher than the gambling industry average of 26. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Inspired Entertainment's stock has dropped -4.04% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by -17 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 57, which is 31 points higher than the gambling industry average of 26. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Accel Entertainment's stock has gained 20.3% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by 8 percentage points.

Light & Wonder (NASDAQ:LNW) 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.

Light & Wonder has a valuation score of 43, which is 17 points higher than the gambling industry average of 26. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Light & Wonder's stock has dropped -3.69% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by -16 percentage points.

81.82% of gambling stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect gambling stocks to rise by 17.08% over the next year.

15.38% of gambling stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 30.77% of gambling stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.85% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 0% are rated F (Strong Sell).