West Virginia collected $20.8M in iGaming and $5.3M in sports gambling taxes

Monday, July 10, 2023 4:06 PM
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  • West Virginia
  • Jon Styf, The Center Square

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.