All About Arizona Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

By Christopher Boan

@cgboan

October 27, 2025 07:46am

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, August vs. July

The return of football was music to the ears of Arizona sports betting operators and regulators alike in August.

The state’s sports betting handle was $610,663,049 for the month, up 31.7% from July’s total of $463,686,016, according to figures that the Arizona Department of Gaming posted in late October.

The mobile sports betting handle was $608,881,480 for August, up 31.7% from $462,473,196 in the previous month.

Arizona sportsbooks reported a slight increase in revenue in a month-over-month comparison, rising 1.9% from $40,734,184 in July to $41,498,814 for the eighth month of 2025. Mobile sports betting revenue was $41,115,998, for a 1.2% increase from July ($40,629,603).

That drive in sports betting revenue correlated directly with Arizona’s sports betting taxes, which totaled $4,142,225 for August, up 1.7% from July ($4,071,327). Taxes derived from mobile sports betting hit $4,111,600 for August, a 1.2% increase from $4,062,960 in July.

The top five mobile sportsbooks by handle in August were DraftKings ($182,848,998), FanDuel ($178,478,665), bet365 ($68,036,495), BetMGM ($67,244,735) and Fanatics ($48,141,000).

Arizona was the last state to report revenue and handle for August and finished fifth among all states in handle. The top 10 states for sportsbook handle were New York ($2.047 billion), Illinois ($1.029B), New Jersey ($814.312 million), Ohio ($663.174 million), Arizona ($610.663 million), Massachusetts ($545.299 million), Pennsylvania ($515.447 million), Virginia ($510.180 million), North Carolina ($478.666 million) and Nevada ($455.004 million).

Handle nationwide in August was $10.969 billion, 20.7% higher than August 2024 ($9.085 billion) in a year-over-year comparison. National revenue for the month was $1.059 billion, a 53.5% increase compared to 12 months earlier.

Arizona Mobile Sports Betting History