Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer proposed new betting taxes in her state budget, according to a report. The plan would charge sportsbooks 25 cents per wager for the first 20 million bets and 50 cents thereafter, while raising the tax rate for larger online casinos to 36%. Lawmakers would need to approve the proposals.
The proposals would change sportsbook costs and tax rates for larger online casinos in Michigan.
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The NGCB's fee schedule lists an annual slot machine tax of $250 per machine and a quarterly licence fee of $20 per machine for nonrestricted licensees. The schedule also sets monthly revenue fees at 3.5% on the first $50,000 and 4.5% on the next $84,000.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has published a schedule of licence fees and tax rates for gaming licensees in the state. The schedule sets out recurring charges for nonrestricted and restricted licences, including slot machine taxes, quarterly licence fees and monthly percentage fees on gross gaming revenue, according to the NGCB schedule.
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.
North Carolina enacted a 6% tax on prediction-market net trading fees as part of its newly approved budget, signed by Governor Josh Stein earlier in July. The measure applies no licensing requirements, while the state also raised the mobile sports betting tax from 18% to 23%; the report estimates the prediction-market levy will raise about $1 million in fiscal 2026–27.
Atlantic City’s casino industry generated $1.1bn in taxes and fees in 2025, according to a report by Stockton University’s Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality & Tourism and the Casino Association of New Jersey. The report said the total rose 24.8% from 2024 and included a record $661.7m contribution to New Jersey’s Casino Revenue Fund in fiscal 2025.
A Missouri House committee is considering a bill that would raise casino admission fees and add taxes on gambling and sports wagering receipts. House Bill 3533 proposes a $5.50 admission fee every two hours, a 13% additional tax on gambling receipts, a 24% additional tax on sports wagering receipts and a 1.5% remote wagering access fee. Casino industry representatives opposed the proposal, citing its potential costs and operational effects.