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February 3, 2025

Virginia sports betting handle up in December but AGR well off record

Virginia reported a 23.4% year-on-year decline in sports betting adjusted gross revenue (AGR) for December, despite an increase in player spending.

The Virginia Lottery reported on 31 January that AGR in December amounted to $43.9 million (£35.6 million/€42.8 million). This falls short of $57.2 million in the previous year and 45.5% of November’s $80.6 million record.

All AGR in December came from online betting, with retail sports wagering at casinos leaving a $12,883 loss.

Virginia players spend $729.5 million on betting

As for spending, total handle for December was $734.4 million. This beats the previous year by 16% but is 3.5% behind the record $761 million bet in November. It is, however, the second-highest monthly amount on record.

Players wagered $729.5 million online during December and a further $4.9 million at retail facilities inside casinos.

This resulted in a state-wide hold of 5.98% for the month. Player winnings in December hit $684.8 million.

Tax tops $6.6 mill..

November 4, 2024

Virginia operators report strong September while fate of fifth casino will be decided Tuesday

Virginia bettors wagered $622.1 million (£481.5 million/€ 574.2 million) in September, the third highest amount this year while operators had double-digit hold for the sixth time in the first nine months of 2024.

According to the Virginia Lottery report released on Friday (1 November), operators paid out $550.2 million in wins and had a combined hold of 11.5%. That was the third highest hold of the year. Betting operators had a combined $65.9 million in adjusted gross revenue, the second highest of 2024.

Operators paid the state a combined $9.9 million in tax revenue. Virginia taxes sports betting operators at 15%.

Handle was up 19.6% over September 2023 when bettors laid down $520.3 million in bets. Compared to August, handle was up $206 million. Virginia does not release individual operator information or a sport-by-sport breakdown. But the start of the NFL season in September annually kicks off the busiest betting season of the year.

Virginia operators wrote off a total of $..

October 24, 2024

Sporttrade goes live in Virginia

Wagering platform Sporttrade, one of a handful of independently owned small digital sports betting sites, launched in its second state in two months on Thursday (24 October).

Sporttrade went live in Virginia this morning, marking the fifth state in which it is available. The platform launched in Arizona in September and is also live in Colorado, Iowa and New Jersey. Its first launch was in New Jersey in 2022.

The platform is the 16th available to bettors in Virginia where digital sports betting went live in January 2021.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, Sporttrade refers to itself as a “differentiated experience”. The platform offers traditional sports betting and, in some states, exchange wagering. Where that model is available, bettors can buy and sell bets throughout a game, as a trader would when buying and selling stocks.

Founder Alex Kane has shepherded his company through myriad changes since the first launch in New Jersey. He ultimately opted to offer a more traditional e..

September 10, 2024

How Sporttrade is like… pizza dough

It would be fair to say that Sporttrade, in its current incarnation, isn't exactly what founder Alex Kane envisioned. But it would also be fair to say that he's still growing his business and having a good time doing it.
“I am still excited because I do still have this long-term vision of wanting to create something different,” Kane told iGB. “I love listening to players and learning from them.”

When Sporttrade made its debut in New Jersey in 2022, it became the first company in the US to offer a different experience known as exchange wagering. Bettors can buy and sell bets throughout a game for an experience that more resembles stock trading than traditional sports betting.

The Sporttrade odds format was “implied probability” where, instead of seeing “+300”, players would see “25%”. With implied probability players can, for example, “buy at 25%”, then have the ability to “sell at 60%” if the bet started to look more likely.

Sporttrade went on to add a “limit order”. This..

August 30, 2024

Virginia sportsbooks were big winners in July, extending double-digit hold streak

Virginia sports betting operators recorded their fourth consecutive month of double-digit hold in July, the Virginia Lottery reported on Friday (30 August). Bettors laid down $377.6m in wagers, up 28.6% over last July.
Virginia handle was down from $415.4 in June. The state’s 14 digital and three retail sportsbooks have recorded hold of 10% or more five times in 2024.

According to the report, adjusted gross revenue (AGR) was $40.3m, up compared to last July’s $28.2m, but slightly down from $40.5m in June, when hold was 10.95%. The regulator calculates AGR by subtracting player winnings, bonuses and promotions and certain other deductions from total monthly player wagers. Bettors won a total of $331.3m.

Virginia taxes operators at 15% and the state does not release individual sportsbook or sport data. The regulator did report that 10 operators had positive AGR for the month. All of the major operators, including BetMGM, Caesars Sportsbook, DraftKings, ESPN Bet, Fanatic Sportsbook an..

August 2, 2024

Virginia betting revenue up year-on-year to $40.5m in June

Adjusted gross revenue (AGR) from sports betting in Virginia increased 53.4% to $40.5m (£31.8m/€37.4m) in June, driven by a 27.6% increase in handle.
Monthly sports betting data is published by the Virginia Lottery.

Almost all AGR ($40.2m) came from online wagering. Just $230,230 came from retail wagering at land-based casinos.

AGR is calculated by subtracting player winnings, bonuses and promotions and certain other deductions from total monthly player wagers. Bettors won a total of $370m. Betr is now the only operator in Virginia that can claim promotional deductions. According to the report, $11,000 in promos and bonuses were deducted.

Virginia players bet $415.4m in overall handle, marking an increase of 27.6% on the $325.5m last June. The hold for Virginia mobile operators was 10.95%. June was the third consecutive month that Virginia operators reported double-digit hold.

Online bets accounted for 99.4% of the handle at $413m, while $2.4m was spent through retail sportsbook ..

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