The Virginia Lottery has releases its latest sports betting monthly revenue report revealing that local sportsbooks accepted just over $528 million in wagers during the month of October.
Activity up by 28% month-on-month
Virginia sports fans won a total of $476.8 million resulting in a combined operators’ win percentage of 9.69%. This falls some way short of the highest win percentage recorded — 13.01% reported in September of 2022. This brings the total won by gamblers to just over $6 billion since since the launch of sports betting in Virginia in January 2021.
Bonuses and promotions for the month totaled $963,187 while other deductions came to $4.6 million. This resulted in combined adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of $45.5 million, a drop of just over $3 million month-on-month.
Seven sports betting operators reported a positive AGR for the month of October. This resulted in state taxes of $6.9 million for the month.
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