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, July vs. June

Arizona Sports Betting Handle and Revenue: July 2024

The final state to report sports betting numbers for July still found a way to crack the national top 10, with Arizona sportsbooks taking in $410,140,440 in total handle to place seventh nationally by that standard. In total, Arizona sports betting operators took in 9.7% less in terms of handle than the month prior, when the Grand Canyon State reported a total handle of $454,116,117.  

The news wasn’t all negative, however, as Arizona sportsbooks saw a 26.9% year-over-year surge in betting handle, up from the $323,211,485.27 taken in during 2023.  

As far as revenue was concerned, sportsbooks in Arizona finished up at $29,019,979 in July, down 8.3% from June’s total of $31,635,501, while the state’s tax bill of $2,896,319 was down 8.3% from June, when the same operators chipped in $3,157,087 to the state’s bottom line.  

As far as sports betting market share was concerned, DraftKings Sportsbook Arizona led the way for a second straight month with a total of $146,374,218, beating out FanDuel Sportsbook statewide, with the New York-based operator finishing with a total handle of $125,838,564.  

Throw in BetMGM ($47,718,809), Caesars Sportsbook ($25,002,699), Bet365 ($20,106,150), Fanatics ($16,119,671) and ESPN BET ($9,340,389) and you have the upper end of the Arizona sports betting leaderboard for July.  

Arizona Mobile Sports Betting History