{"id":175385,"date":"2023-05-10T16:27:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T23:27:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/?p=175385"},"modified":"2023-05-10T16:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T23:27:54","slug":"bettors-in-arizona-wagered-over-609m-on-sports-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/?p=175385","title":{"rendered":"Bettors in Arizona Wagered Over $609M on Sports in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sports-betting.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173833\" src=\"http:\/\/inbusinessphx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sports-betting-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bettors in Arizona wagered over $609 million on sports in February of 2023, according to a new report by the Arizona Department of Gaming. This represents nearly a 24% increase when compared to February of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second month of 2023 saw significant levels of sports betting in the state, with over $117 million more when compared to February of 2022,\u201d said Jackie Johnson, Director, ADG. \u201cThese figures highlight a robust event wagering market during the month, which encompassed wagering from Super Bowl LVII hosted here in Arizona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Event wagering privilege fees totaled over $1.6 million in the month, resulting in over $39 million in privilege fees collected by the state since the start of legal operations. You can view the full February event wagering report on the ADG <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.az.gov\/resources\/reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Established by the Arizona State Legislature in 1995, ADG is the <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.az.gov\/tribal-gaming-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state regulatory agency for tribal gaming<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.az.gov\/racing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racing and pari-mutuel\/simulcast wagering<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.az.gov\/ewfs-home-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">event wagering\/fantasy sports<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gaming.az.gov\/boxing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unarmed combat sports<\/a>. ADG also provides and supports education, prevention and treatment programs for people and families affected by problem gambling through its <a href=\"https:\/\/problemgambling.az.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Division of Problem Gambling<\/a> and 24-hour confidential helpline, 1-800-NEXT-STEP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bettors in Arizona wagered over $609 million on sports in February of 2023, according to a new report by the Arizona Department of Gaming. This represents nearly a 24% increase when compared to February of 2022. \u201cThe second month of 2023 saw significant levels of sports betting in the state, with over $117 million more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-175385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy-trends","tag-hot-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175385","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=175385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.inbusinessphx.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}