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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:

Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) is the #1 top gambling stock out of 17 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: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) has a Due Diligence Score of 34, which is equal to the gambling industry average of 34.

SGHC passed 14 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Super Group has seen its stock return 99.71% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 94 percentage points.

Super Group has an average 1 year price target of $10.40, an upside of 49.64% from Super Group's current stock price of $6.95.

Super Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Super Group, 60% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 40% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Playags (NYSE:AGS) is the #2 top gambling stock out of 17 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 Playags (NYSE:AGS) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Playags (NYSE:AGS) has a Due Diligence Score of 38, which is 4 points higher than the gambling industry average of 34.

AGS passed 13 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Playags has seen its stock return 40.44% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 35 percentage points.

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) is the #3 top gambling stock out of 17 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: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Rush Street Interactive (NYSE:RSI) has a Due Diligence Score of 52, which is 18 points higher than the gambling industry average of 34.

RSI passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Rush Street Interactive has seen its stock return 90.41% over the past year, overperforming other gambling stocks by 85 percentage points.

Rush Street Interactive has an average 1 year price target of $15.71, an upside of 41.31% from Rush Street Interactive's current stock price of $11.12.

Rush Street Interactive stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 7 analysts covering Rush Street Interactive, 57.14% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 42.86% 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:

International Game Technology (NYSE:IGT) has an annual dividend yield of 4.62%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the gambling industry average of 1.67%. International Game Technology's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. International Game Technology's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

International Game Technology's dividend payout ratio of 46.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Super Group (NYSE:SGHC) has an annual dividend yield of 0.58%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the gambling industry average of 1.67%.

Super Group's dividend payout ratio of 1,162.5% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN) has an annual dividend yield of 0.36%, which is -1 percentage points lower than the gambling industry average of 1.67%. 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 7.1% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Gambling stocks were up 2.55% in the last day, and up 3.16% 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:

Playags (NYSE:AGS) 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.

Playags has a valuation score of 43, which is 13 points higher than the gambling industry average of 30. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Playags's stock has gained 40.44% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by 35 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 27 points higher than the gambling industry average of 30. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Accel Entertainment's stock has dropped -13.32% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by -19 percentage points.

Inspired Entertainment (NASDAQ:INSE) 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.

Inspired Entertainment has a valuation score of 0, which is -30 points higher than the gambling industry average of 30. It passed 0 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates INSE a Valuation Rating of "B".

Inspired Entertainment's stock has dropped -0.65% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the gambling industry by -6 percentage points.

66.67% of gambling stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect gambling stocks to rise by 30.94% over the next year.

13.33% of gambling stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 26.67% of gambling stocks are rated B (Buy), 53.33% are rated C (Hold), 0% are rated D (Sell), and 6.67% are rated F (Strong Sell).