All About Arizona Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

The experts at BetArizona.com have assembled this guide to explain what we mean when we talk about Arizona sports betting revenue and sportsbook handle that the state reports each month.

There is an active market with many online or mobile operators as well as a growing number of retail sports wagering options at brick-and-mortar casinos in the Grand Canyon State.

The handle is the total amount of money bet on sports in the state each month. Sports bettors wager hundreds of millions of dollars monthly often through the use of Arizona sportsbook promos. From the time legal sports betting launched in September 2021 to early 2023, legal, regulated sports bets were placed exclusively with online sportsbooks. Since then, physical casinos have begun taking retail wagers on sports, albeit in much smaller numbers.

The Arizona online gambling revenue on sports refers to the amount that operators have left after they pay out winning bets. From there, bookmakers pay 10% tax to the state on the adjusted gross revenue.

Arizona Sports Betting, September vs. August

Arizona Sports Betting Handle and Revenue: September 2024

The first month of football season delivered high marks for sports betting operators in Arizona, with a 47.4% surge in wagering handle and a 76.9% jump in wagering revenues collected in September.  

Overall, the total handle in the Grand Canyon State jumped off the page from $496,602,562 in August to $732,099,545 in September.

The story was much the same as far as wagering revenues were concerned, with Arizona’s adjusted gross event wagering receipts subject to privilege fees finishing up at $39,697,414 in September, which represented a 76.9% surge from August’s total of $22,439,832.  

The 48th State’s sports betting tax bill reflected a similar story in September, going from $2,237,247 in August to $3,962,933 during the ninth month of the year, resulting in a 77% surge for Arizona’s sports betting operators. When broken down by total handle market share, DraftKings Sportsbook was the top dog in Arizona for the fourth straight month, with a total handle of $260,370,032 in September for the Boston-based betting giant.  

Throw in FanDuel Sportsbook ($224,327,742), BetMGM ($85,746,184), Caesars Sportsbook ($38,608,049), Fanatics Sportsbook ($34,914,298), bet365 ($28,717,929), ESPN BET ($16,386,288), Hard Rock Interactive ($12,953,667) and Rush Street Interactive ($5,536,207) and you have the Arizona top 10 for total handle in September.  

Near the bottom of the total handle leaderboard, you have first-month entrant into the Arizona sports betting scene, Sporttrade, which collected $441,732 in wagers to finish ahead of SuperBook ($63,237 in total handle) for the 14th spot in the 15-operator marketplace during the month of September.  

Through 36 months of Arizona sports betting reports from the Arizona Department of Gaming, wagering operators have taken in just under $19.8 billion in total wagering handle, averaging out to just over $549.3 million in wagering handle per month.  

Arizona Mobile Sports Betting History