- West Virginia online sports betting revenue fell 15 percent to $2.5 million over the four reporting weeks through Aug. 22.
- iGaming produced $28.8 million on $706.6 million in wagers during the fiscal year’s opening four weeks through July 25.
- Each of the four August iGaming weeks topped every full July week, peaking at $9.6 million the week ended Aug. 15.
- The 15 percent iGaming privilege tax raised $4.3 million in the July weeks, nearly 15 times what online sports wagering returned.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia sports betting revenue from online wagering fell 15 percent to $2.5 million across the four reporting weeks through Aug. 22, while the state’s iGaming market posted the four highest-revenue weeks of the new fiscal year, according to the weekly summaries posted by the West Virginia Lottery.
Sportsbook Hold Thins As Volume Rises
Mobile taxable receipts totaled $2,494,459 for the weeks ending Aug. 1 through Aug. 22, down from $2,935,517 across the fiscal year’s opening period, July 1 through July 25. The decline did not come from less play.
The week ended Aug. 22 saw $6.7 million in mobile tickets written, the fiscal year’s second-busiest week, yet produced just $254,399 in taxable receipts, the thinnest week in the file. Payouts absorbed nearly all of that volume, and bettors came close to breaking even at West Virginia online sportsbooks that week.
Retail wagering barely registers in the same summaries. The state’s retail counters paid out $61,074 more than they took in during the week ended Aug. 22, and retail taxable receipts stand at $195,755 for the fiscal year against $3.6 million in tickets written. West Virginia’s sports betting market is, in practice, an online market.
Online sports wagering pays a 10 percent privilege tax, which returned $249,446 for the four August reporting weeks.
iGaming Does The Heavy Lifting
The July report shows why the sportsbook line is the smaller story. iGaming revenue reached $28,825,985 on $706,632,667 in wagers over the opening four weeks, with the casinos keeping about 4.1 cents of every dollar cycled through their online games. The 15 percent privilege tax on that revenue produced $4,323,898, against $293,552 from online sports wagering over the same weeks.
The gap is widening into August. Each of the four most recent iGaming weeks beat every full July week, topped by $9,596,241 in revenue the week ended Aug. 15. Through Aug. 22, fiscal 2027 iGaming revenue stands at $65.8 million with $9.9 million in privilege tax, while sports wagering has generated $5.6 million in taxable receipts and $562,573 in tax.
The same summaries carry the full-year baseline. In fiscal 2026, West Virginia online casinos produced $439.2 million in revenue on $9.94 billion in wagers and $65.9 million in privilege tax, while sports wagering returned $59.6 million in taxable receipts and $6 million in tax. Over a full year, the state’s online casino market out-earns its sportsbooks roughly seven-to-one and pays a higher tax rate on top, which is why iGaming carries the lottery’s interactive tax take among USA gambling sites.
Four Licenses Within $900,000 At The Top
The lottery reports both markets by licensed casino, not by the branded apps that operate on those licenses. In July’s iGaming weeks, the Charles Town license led at $7,762,103, followed by Greenbrier at $7,114,640, Mountaineer at $7,083,412 and Mardi Gras at $6,865,830, a spread of under $900,000 across all four.
Online sports wagering is more concentrated. Charles Town led the August weeks at $1,212,731 in mobile taxable receipts, with Mardi Gras at $832,685, Greenbrier at $267,709 and Mountaineer at $181,335. Wheeling reported no mobile receipts, leaving its sportsbook business entirely at the counter.
The lottery’s next weekly summary adds the week ending Aug. 29, closing out August, and the first weeks of the NFL season reach the file in mid-September.