All About Arizona Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

By Christopher Boan

@cgboan

January 6, 2026 02:35pm

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, October vs. September

October was a banner month for wagering nationwide, as Arizona’s sports betting scene was among 19 states to reset their handle record, plus Washington D.C., for the month.

In Arizona, October’s sports betting handle was $967,141,269, up 13.6% from September ($851,331,639), according to figures that the the Arizona Department of Gaming website reported on Jan. 6. 

That set a state record, surpassing the 11-month-old mark of $897,635,847.

The state’s mobile sports betting handle was $961,386,531, also a state record. That beat the standard of $890,011,784, also set in November 2024, and represented a 13.5% increase from September ($846,962,119) in a month-over-month comparison.

Arizona operators took in $52,497,272 for revenue during October, a massive 168.1% spike from the previous month ($19,576,306). Of that, mobile sportsbook revenue contributed $51,628,868 for the 10th month of 2025, up 177.8% from September ($18,583,605).

That surge in Arizona sports betting revenue meant the state’s sports betting taxes climbed as well.

The total taxes derived from sports betting surged by 170%, from $1,937,776 in September to $5,232,359 the following month. Mobile sports betting taxes hit $5,162,887, up 177.8% from September ($1,858,360).

Overall, the top five mobile sportsbooks by handle in June were FanDuel AZ Sportsbook ($317,147,269), DraftKings ($293,685,741), BetMGM ($101,993,909), Fanatics ($88,245,005) and bet365 ($55,027,200).

Arizona’s sports betting handle was the sixth highest nationally, ranking behind only New York ($2.647 billion), Illinois ($1.605B), New Jersey ($1.237B), Ohio ($1.135B) and Pennsylvania ($968.508 million). The Grand Canyon State finished ahead of Massachusetts ($892.184 million), Virginia ($831.568M), North Carolina ($811.436M) and Nevada ($798.242M) in the top 10.

October’s national betting handle finished at a record $17.529 billion, up 7.9% from the old mark of $16.242 billion, set in November 2024. Revenue from sports betting, in the nearly 40 states where it is legal and regulated, was $1.465 billion in October, just short of the record of $1.544 billion, also set in November 2024. In a year-over-year comparison, handle was about $2.3 billion higher than October 2024 ($15.225B) and revenue rose by about $568 million over a 12-month span.

Arizona Mobile Sports Betting History