June Betting Handle Hits Records as World Cup Thins Hold
How a state taxes its sportsbooks decided whether record June betting filled its tax coffers or left them short.
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World Cup Drives Record NY Bets, Tax Take Falls 43%
Record wagering in the country’s largest market produced its thinnest margin yet, and the state’s education fund collected $46 million less than a year
North Carolina’s Budget Squeezes Sportsbooks and Goes Easy on Prediction Markets
The state’s fresh budget makes operating a sportsbook pricier while giving a competing product a gentle landing, and a few legislators fear the imbalance could siphon off the very dollars the increase was supposed to bring in. In one budget, North Carolina made sportsbooks costlier to operate and, at the very same moment, gave a … Read more
The World Cup Is About to Flood US Sportsbooks, and New Jersey Wants Its 10%
The 2026 World Cup is the first on US soil since legal sports betting spread nationwide, and New Jersey wants a 10% cut of the wagers, while prediction markets and offshore books circle the states where sportsbooks still cannot operate.