Arizonans wagered over $618 million in October of 2022, according to a new report by the Arizona Department of Gaming. This represents a 27.3% increase when compared to October of 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is clear Arizona\u2019s sports betting industry continues to grow, with over $132 million more dollars wagered in October of 2022 when compared to the same month of 2021,\u201d said Ted Vogt, Director, ADG. \u201cWith Super Bowl LVII and the Phoenix Waste Management Open on the horizon, I am excited to see how these major sports tourism events impact the state\u2019s sports betting industry in the coming months.\u201d<\/p>\n
Privilege fees totaled over $2.9 million in the month, resulting in approximately $27 million in privilege fees collected by the state since the start of legal operations. You can view the full October event wagering report on the ADG website<\/a>.<\/p>\n ADG Established by the Arizona State Legislature in 1995, ADG is the state regulatory agency for tribal gaming<\/a>, racing and pari-mutuel\/simulcast wagering<\/a>, event wagering\/fantasy sports<\/a> and unarmed combat sports<\/a>. ADG also provides and supports education, prevention and treatment programs for people and families affected by problem gambling through its Division of Problem Gambling<\/a> and 24-hour confidential helpline, 1-800-NEXT-STEP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Arizonans wagered over $618 million in October of 2022, according to a new report by the Arizona Department of Gaming. This represents a 27.3% increase when compared to October of 2021. \u201cIt is clear Arizona\u2019s sports betting industry continues to grow, with over $132 million more dollars wagered in October of 2022 when compared to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-173453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy-trends","tag-hot-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=173453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=173453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=173453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=173453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}