All About Arizona Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

By Editorial Staff

@BetArizona

May 29, 2025 09:07am

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, February vs. January

The final state in America to report sports betting figures for February followed the usual nationwide trend for the month. Arizona sportsbooks reported $699,726,800 in total handle, down 19.0% from January’s total of $864,246,556, according to figures from the Arizona Department of Gaming that were reported in late May.

Of that total amount wagered, $696,182,050 came from online operators in the Grand Canyon State, down 18.9% from January ($857,917,925).

The revenue and tax figures dipped as well in a month-over-month comparison with January. Arizona sports betting revenue (adjusted gross event wagering receipts) hit $39,820,807 in February, a 25.2% decline from January’s $53,201,146. Online wagering revenue dipped 25.1%, from $53,096,046 in January to $39,744,126 for the second month of 2025.

February’s sports betting tax bill in Arizona finished up at $3,980,547, down 25.1% from January ($5,318,013), while mobile sports betting taxes were $3,974,413, down 25.1% from January ($5,309,605).

The top five mobile sportsbooks by handle in Arizona during February were DraftKings AZ Sportsbook, at $220,270,767, then FanDuel ($219,364,945). Those two leaders were followed by BetMGM ($78,695,544), Fanatics ($50,072,127) and Bet365 ($48,995,589).

Arizona finished sixth in the nation for overall in February, behind New York ($1.980 billion), Illinois ($1.151B), New Jersey ($988.883M), Ohio ($761.606M) and Pennsylvania ($756.926 million). The Grand Canyon State ranked ahead of Massachusetts, which finished at $628.171M, Nevada ($604.311M), Virginia ($556.837M) and North Carolina ($543.403M).

Overall, the national sports betting handle hit $12.527 billion for the month and 30-plus egal sports wagering states combined for $1.073 billion in revenue.

Arizona Mobile Sports Betting History