B
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$1,200,000,000
$1,200,000,000 -- gaming tax revenue loss for US states and tribes (2026)
US states and tribes have lost more than $1.2 billion in gaming tax revenue due to prediction markets offering sports event contracts.
- Estimated by the American Gaming Association (AGA)
- Value is 'more than $1.2 billion'
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Value
$1,200,000,000
Unit
Currency Usd
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
Source
bettingnews.com
Primary
Tier B
https://www.bettingnews.com/articles/industry/congress-urged-to-restrict-sports-event-contracts/ ↗
Source Article
Congress Urged to Restrict Sports Event Contracts
Original Research
bettingnews.com
· Original study ↗
Methodology
Estimate by the American Gaming Association (AGA), attributed to prediction markets operating outside state licensing frameworks
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Industrymarketing
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US states and tribes: $1,200,000,000 gaming tax revenue loss. Source: bettingnews.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/states-tribes-gaming-tax-revenue-loss-1-2b
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