West Virginia collected $20.8 million in taxes on iGaming and $5.3 million on sports gambling during the recently completed fiscal year.
The numbers are increases from the $12.9 million collected on iGaming and $4.5 million on sports wagering in Fiscal Year 2022.
There were $4 billion in iGaming wagers in the recently completed fiscal year with the casinos making $139 million off those wagers. The iGaming operates through the Mountaineer, Charles Town, Greenbrier and Mardi Gras casinos.
West Virginia keeps $17.5 million of the iGaming taxes while $3.1 million goes to the state’s program administration and $177,000 goes toward employee pensions.