Now on InGame: Another #Illinois budget, another #SportsBetting tax put in place. Details on the $0.25/$0.50 surcharge on wagers and all sorts of fun with revenue projections here: www.ingame.com/illinois-new...

More #Texas lottery drama, with Lotto.com filing a lawsuit against the Texas Lottery Commission seeking an injunction against a rule passed in February banning couriers in the state: www.lotterygeeks.com/lotto-com-su...

Bally's is making a second go of an IPO for its downtown Chicago casino, seeking minority investment as part of the $195 million offering: www.casinoreports.com/ballys-chica...

It looks like there will be nine bids for the 3 #NewYork downstate casino licenses. Four of those bids propose Manhattan-based venues. Seems like the odds are increasing one of them will be in the "City that never sleeps." www.casinoreports.com/las-vegas-sa...

Potential biggest item for Thursday's #Illinois Gaming Board meeting looks to be a proposed administrative rule regarding the "Prohibition of Funding Sports Wagering Accounts with Credit Cards" "Casino Cashless Wagering" could be another, but unsure if that relates to sweeps.

#Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has turned to a gaming industry veteran to head the NGCB, naming Mike Dreitzer Incoming Chair: www.casinoreports.com/dreitzer-new...

In the big picture, #Pennsylvania sportsbooks did not fare too badly in March with $49.2 million in revenue from $842.9 million handle. But retail sportsbooks in the Keystone State will be happy Q1 is done after another tough month: #SportsBetting www.ingame.com/pennsylvania...

Hello, people! Long time, no post, but that's going to start changing. I am now full-time with Third Planet Media, which means lots of gaming news to cover! First up, a look at #Illinois #SportsBetting tax revenues from February: www.ingame.com/illinois-spo...

Here's an overview of the #Kalshi filings in New Jersey and Nevada against the state regulators in both, as well as CEO Tarek Mansour's public declaration about the platform's status and utility as a “quintessential truth machine.” 👇 @altruda73.bsky.social www.casinoreports.com/kalshi-nevad...

I don't think I can handle these Wisconsin Supreme Court attack ads every TV timeout of every Marquette game regardless of network.

"There is incredible irony in Mr. Wynn’s case involving the Supreme Court. First of all, one of the justices on the Supreme Court who has made noises about wanting to take a look at Times v. Sullivan is Clarence Thomas..." writes Richard Schuetz. #scotus www.casinoreports.com/schuetz-firs...

Buckle up, it's time for the Spin Cycle, a relentless barrage of puns and gambling news. Brought to you by @ericraskin.bsky.social Topics today: - That NAAiG-ing feeling - MGCB back at it - Expeditious Entain exit - RIP, Miami John, and more www.casinoreports.com/spin-cycle-2...

SPECIAL: #SuperBowlLIX 🧵for #NewYork #SportsBetting stats per @nysgc.bsky.social. Total handle (including futures): $154,902,716 Total revenue (inc. futures): $62,765,285 Hold: 40.52% State Tax Revenue: $31,971,165 1/x

January 2025/YTD Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 New York $2.49B* 2 N.C. $646.92M 3 Maryland $618.82M 4 Tenn. $543.65M 5 Indiana $538.71M 6 Iowa $289.73M 7 Oregon $83.57M 8 Maine $50.82M 9 West Va. $49.94M 10 Delaware $23.81M *-U.S. monthly record

January #SportsBetting stats 🧵for #NewYork via @nysgc.bsky.social. Rankings out of 62 months in parentheses. Handle: $2,487,676,801 (1) Revenue: $248,001,821 (1) Hold: 9.97% (26) State Tax Revenue: $149,118,074* *Includes $23.1M adjustment by @betmgmsportsbook.bsky.social

January #SportsBetting stats 🧵for #Maryland via MD Lottery. Rankings out of 37 months in parentheses. Handle: $618,824,226 (3) GGR/Hold: $82,095,604/13.27% (3/12) AGR/Hold: $54,964,079/8.88% (4/20) State Tax Revenue: $8,244,612 1/x

All-time Top 10 post-PASPA #SportsBetting handles by state (* - thru Jan) 1 New York* $61.04B 2 New Jersey $58.47B 3 Nevada $45.62B 4 Illinois (thru Nov) $42.8B 5 Penn. ~$35B 6 Colorado $21.96B 7 Virginia $20.65B 8 Arizona (thru Oct) $20.57B 9 Indiana $20.05B 10 Michigan $19.23B

January 2025/YTD Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 New York $2.49B* 2 Maryland $618.82M 3 Maine $50.82M 4 West Virginia $49.94M 5-10: TBD * Post-PASPA U.S. monthly record

FLASH: #NewYork extended its U.S. monthly #SportsBetting records for handle, revenue, and state tax revenue with January figures per @nysgc.bsky.social: : Handle: $2,487,676,801 Revenue: $248,001,821 State Tax: $149,118,074 Tax includes a $23M adjustment by @betmgmsportsbook.bsky.social

January 2025/YTD Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 Maryland $618.82M 2 Maine $50.82M 3 West Virginia $49.94M 4-10: TBD

January #SportsBetting stats 🧵for #Maine via Maine Unit. Rankings out of 15 months in parentheses. Handle: $50,817,781 (5) GGR/Hold: $7,116,638/14.00% (2/4) AGR/Hold: $6,993,416/13.76% (2/4) State Tax Revenue: $699,341 1/x

Weekly mobile #SportsBetting stats 🧵for #NewYork via @nysgc.bsky.social. Rankings out of 161 weeks in parentheses. Handle: $518,990,925 (17) Revenue: $56,310,096 (13) Hold: 10.85% (43) Estimated State Taxes: $28,718,149 1/x

It's the Super Bowl week edition of LOW ROLLERS! Our friend and yours Dave Sharapan joins to talk Super Bowl buzz in Vegas, life lessons learned from a near-death experience & more. Plus: Terry Rozier scandal, Robinhood whiplash, online slots silliness, Ohio tax shenanigans: rss.com/podcasts/low...

"If tariffs are imposed on Canada or Mexico, the most logical expectation is that a trip to Las Vegas will cost more for these foreigners, and if you believe that old demand function thing, that means less will be purchased," writes economist and longtime Vegas guy Richard Schuetz.

So much legislative machinations, it'll make any policy wonk happy! #iGaming #SportsBetting

Known 2024 full-year #SportsBetting handle by state (Illinois & Arizona still outstanding) (1/3) 1 New York $22.7B 2 New Jersey $12.77B 3 Ohio $8.89B 4 Pennsylvania $8.42B 5 Nevada ~$7.9B 6 Massachusetts $7.4B 7 Virginia $6.93B 8 Colorado $6.19B 9 Maryland $5.94B 10 Michigan $5.51B

A notable raising of the stakes by the #Florida Gaming Control Commission, which sent cease-and-desist letters to #Bovada, #MyBookie and #BetUS covering #SportsBetting, #HorseRacing and online #casino gaming: www.casinoreports.com/florida-offs...

Jan/2025 YTD #SportsBetting State Hold Scoreboard: 1/32 reports counted: 10%+ Hold: 1 (100%) 9%-9.99%: 0 8%-8.99%: 0 7%-7.99%: 0 ≥ 7% industry standard: 1/1 (100%) 6%-6.99%: 0 5%-5.99%: 0 Sub-5%: 0 Sub-0%: 0 Mean/Median: 11.5742%

2024 all-time post-PASPA U.S. #SportsBetting stats. Inc: TN handle/tax & NE revenue/tax. Does not inc FL: Handle: $458,490,537,882 GGR: $38,486,432,135 AGR: $33,816,599,317 Known Deductions: $4,669,832,818 Estimated State Tax Revenue: $7,340,742,426

All-time post-PASPA known U.S. #SportsBetting stats thru West Va. on 2/5: Handle: $450,899,146,585 GGR/WR: $38,480,017,619/8.5341% AGR/WR: $33,810,184,801/7.4984% Known Deductions: $4,669,832,818 Estimated State Tax Revenue: $7,199,302,112

January/2025 YTD U.S. #SportsBetting stats; West Va. last on 2/3 (1/32 states): Handle: $49,936,953 GGR/Hold: $5,779,801/11.5742% AGR/Hold: $5,779,801/11.5742% Known Deductions: $0 Estimated State Tax Revenue: $491,283

January 2025 #SportsBetting stats 🧵for #WestVirginia via WV Lottery. Rankings out of 77 months in parentheses: Handle: $49,936,953 (18) Revenue: $5,779,801 (11) Hold: 11.57% (23) State Tax Revenue: $491,283 1/x

Trains, planes, and automobiles Sunday funday. Off to the dirty Jersey for a fortnight.

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Undisclosed location per @chicagobars.bsky.social rules, but they do serve Yuengling here.

Running Top 10 December #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 New York $2.29B 2 New Jersey $1.22B 3 OHIO $964.4M <-NEW 4 Penn. $893.4M 5 Nevada $821.6M 6 Mass. $788.3M 7 Virginia $734.4M 8 Colorado $648.43M 9 Maryland $637.3M 10 N.C. $629.5M

Running 2024 YTD Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state (*-thru Dec.) 1 New York* $22.7B 2 New Jersey* $12.77B 3 Illinois $12.53B 4 Ohio* $8.89B 5 Penn.* $8.42B 6 Nevada* ~$7.9B 7 Mass.* $7.4B 8 Virginia* $6.93B 9 Ariz. (Oct.) $6.21B 10 Colorado* $6.19B

2024 Known full-year Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 New York $22.7B 2 New Jersey $12.77B 3 OHIO $8.89B <-NEW 4 Penn. $8.42B 5 Nevada ~$7.9B 6 Mass. $7.4B 7 Virginia $6.93B 8 Colorado $6.19B 9 Maryland $5.94B 10 Michigan $5.51B

Post-PASPA Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state (*-thru Dec): 1 New York* $58.55B 2 New Jersey* $58.47B 3 Nevada* $45.6B 4 Illinois $42.8B 5 Penn.* ~$35B 6 Colorado* $21.96B 7 Virginia* $20.65B 8 Arizona (Oct) $20.57B 9 Indiana* $20.05B 10 Michigan* $19.23B

Running Top 10 December #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 New York $2.29B 2 New Jersey $1.22B 3 Penn. $893.4M 4 Nevada $821.6M 5 Mass. $788.3M 6 VIRGINIA $734.4M <-NEW 7 Colorado $648.43M 8 Maryland $637.3M 9 N.C. $629.5M 10 Michigan $617.5M

Running 2024 YTD Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state (*-thru Dec.) 1 New York* $22.7B 2 New Jersey* $12.77B 3 Illinois $12.53B 4 Penn.* $8.42B 5 Ohio $7.93B 6 Nevada* ~$7.9B 7 Mass.* $7.4B 8 Virginia* $6.93B 9 Ariz. (Oct.) $6.21B 10 Colorado* $6.19B

2024 Known full-year #SportsBetting handles by state 1 New York $22.7B 2 New Jersey $12.77B 3 Penn. $8.42B 4 Nevada ~$7.9B 5 Mass. $7.4B 6 VIRGINIA $6.93B <-NEW 7 Colorado $6.19B 8 Maryland $5.94B 9 Michigan $5.51B 10 N.C. ~$5.4B

FLASH: #Virginia became the 9th state to top $20 billion #SportsBetting handle post-PASPA and the 6th to surpass $2 billion in GGR after the Virginia Lottery reported $734.4 million handle and $49.55 million GGR for December.

Post-PASPA Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state (*-thru Dec): 1 New York* $58.55B 2 New Jersey* $58.47B 3 Nevada* $45.6B 4 Illinois $42.8B 5 Penn.* ~$35B 6 Colorado* $21.96B 7 Arizona (Oct) $20.57B 8 Indiana* $20.05B 9 Virginia $19.92B 10 Michigan* $19.23B

Running 2024 YTD Top 10 #SportsBetting handles by state (*-thru Dec.) 1 New York* $22.7B 2 New Jersey* $12.77B 3 Illinois $12.53B 4 Penn.* $8.42B 5 Ohio $7.93B 6 Nevada* ~$7.9B 7 Mass.* $7.4B 8 Ariz. (Oct.) $6.21B 9 Virginia $6.191B 10 Colorado* $6.188B

Running Top 10 December #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 New York $2.29B 2 New Jersey $1.22B 3 Penn. $893.4M 4 Nevada $821.6M 5 Mass. $788.3M 6 COLORADO $648.43M <-NEW 7 Maryland $637.3M 8 N.C. $629.5M 9 Michigan $617.5M 10 Tenn. $569.8M

2024 Known full-year #SportsBetting handles by state: 1 New York $22.7B 2 New Jersey $12.77B 3 Pennsylvania $8.42B 4 Nevada ~$7.9B 5 Massachusetts $7.4B 6 Colorado $6.19B 7 Maryland $5.94B 8 Michigan $5.51B 9 North Carolina ~$5.4B 10 Tennessee $5.26B

2024 YTD running #SportsBetting State Hold Scoreboard. 377/382 state reports counted: 10%+ Hold: 192 (50.93%) 9%-9.99%: 44 8%-8.99%: 36 7%-7.99%: 42 ≥ 7% industry standard: 314/377 (83.29%) 6%-6.99%: 28 5%-5.99%: 14 Sub-5%: 16 Sub-0%: 5 Mean/Median: 9.8605%/10.05%

Dec. 2024 #SportsBetting State Hold Scoreboard: 28/32 reports counted: 10%+ Hold: 0 9%-9.99%: 2 8%-8.99%: 0 7%-7.99%: 5 ≥ 7% industry standard: 7/28 (25%) 6%-6.99%: 4 5%-5.99%: 6 Sub-5%: 9 Sub-0%: 2 Mean/Median: 4.9154%/5.625%

2024 all-time post-PASPA U.S. #SportsBetting stats. Inc: TN handle/tax & NE revenue/tax. Does not inc FL: Handle: $456,741,777,844 GGR: $38,375,553,285 AGR: $33,709,831,738 Known Deductions: $4,665,721,547 Estimated State Tax Revenue: $7,322,230,445