Arkansas’s three casinos generated $116 million in tax revenue in 2025, according to data from the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. The total was 5.4% higher than in 2024, while sports betting handle rose by almost $100 million to $655 million.
The figures show tax contributions and betting activity across Arkansas’s casino market for 2025.
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Licensed online betting platforms in Brazil generated about BRL 1.5 billion in federal tax revenue in January 2026, reportedly representing 0.5% of total federal revenue for the month. The report identifies the Secretariat of Prizes and Betting as the licensing and oversight authority and says Congress continues to debate land-based casinos and bingo halls.
Arkansas's Department of Finance and Administration states that Act 1075 imposes an 8% tax on paid fantasy sports revenues. Operators subtract prizes from entry fees and apply Arkansas's share of entry fees to calculate taxable revenues. The department requires operators to remit the tax quarterly through the Arkansas Taxpayer Access Point.
Arkansas's Department of Finance and Administration has set out how Act 1075 applies an 8% privilege tax to paid fantasy sports game revenues, according to a department notice. The tax is based on the game operator's gross paid fantasy sports game revenues and is collected on a quarterly basis.
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration states that licensed distributors’ bingo sales to qualifying organisations attract a tax of 3/10¢ per face. The department lists annual registration fees of $2,500.00 for manufacturers and distributors and $100.00 for authorised organisations’ bingo/raffle permits.
Arkansas levies a bingo tax that licensed distributors collect when they sell to qualifying organisations, according to the Department of Finance and Administration. To fall within the rules, a group must have operated continuously in the state for at least five years. Each bingo face sold carries a tax of 3/10¢, the department says.
The Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration lists casino gaming statistics for FYE 2027 as posted on 1 October 2026. The department's page also states that Arkansas authorises casinos at four locations and permits casino licensees to accept sports wagers unless federal law prohibits them.
Arkansas's Department of Finance and Administration hosts a casino gaming statistics page. Its newest entry covers fiscal year ending 2027 and carries the posting date 10/01/2026. Older annual releases appear on the same page, the earliest being FYE 2019.
Arkansas applies a 13% tax on the first $150m of a casino licensee's net gaming receipts each fiscal year and 20% above that level, according to the Department of Finance and Administration. The state's Casino Gaming Section oversees compliance and regulation under Amendment 100, approved by voters in 2018.
Arkansas applies a net casino gaming receipts tax of 13% on the first $150m of a casino licensee's receipts each fiscal year and 20% on receipts above that level, according to the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration. The department's Casino Gaming Section sets out the tiers on its office page.