A look at wages and payouts from games of chance in Arkansas.
Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Receipts
For fiscal year ended June 30
2010* | 2011 | 2012 | |
Instate Ticket Sales | $335,487,154 | $390,114,991 | $391,290,226 |
Online Ticket Sales | $48,211,299 | $73,904,360 | $81,795,383 |
Retailer fees | $848,191 | $1,055,538 | $538,584 |
Other Revenue | $5,650 | $5,450 | $15,038 |
Total | $384,552,294 | $465,080,339 | $473,625,597 |
Transfers to scholarship fund | $82,551,785 | $94,246,652 | $97,582,528 |
Retail Outlets | 1,917 | 1,874 | 1,885 |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 | |
Instate Ticket Sales | $355,061,785 | $322,415,376 | $335,000,613 |
Online Ticket Sales | $84,486,209 | $87,657,850 | $73,662,768 |
Retailer fees | $556,792 | $554,292 | $550,952 |
Other Revenue | $3,851 | $10,550 | $20,344 |
Total | $440,108,638 | $410,638,068 | $409,234,676 |
Transfers to scholarship fund | $89,912,449 | $81,457,955 | $72,450,246 |
Retail Outlets | 1,892 | 1,879 | 1,899 |
*Ticket sales began in September 2009
Source: Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration Office of the Arkansas Lottery
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Bingo Tax Receipts
Faces/Taxes Collected* | License Fees | Total | |
FY2008 | 109,842,236/$1,098,422 | $54,460 | $1,152,882 |
FY2009 | 90,329,192/$903,292 | $35,595 | $938,887 |
FY2010 | 98,931,450/$296,794 | $45,830 | $342,624 |
FY2011 | 78,014,317/$234,043 | $43,485 | $277,528 |
FY2012 | 95,517,293/$286,552 | $35,525 | $322,077 |
FY2013 | 89,454,703/$268,364 | $40,185 | $308,549 |
FY2014 | 81,066,000/$243,198 | $39,077 | $282,275 |
FY2015 | 78,822,000/$236,466 | $39,575 | $276,041 |
*A tax of 1 cent per bingo card (or “face”) was collected in fiscal 2008 and 2009 and then lowered to 3/10 of a cent.
Source: Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration
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Electronic Games of Skill
For fiscal year ended June 30
FY2010 | Wagers | Payouts | Paid Out | State Tax |
Southland | $537,647,617 | $510,750,808 | 95.00% | $4,671,919 |
Oaklawn | $384,104,399 | $362,394,689 | 94.35% | $3,818,576 |
Totals | $921,752,015 | $873,145,497 | 94.73% | $8,490,495 |
FY2011 | Wagers | Payouts | Paid Out | State Tax |
Southland | $961,872,544 | $908,139,735 | 94.41% | $9,015,075 |
Oaklawn | $542,416,351 | $508,318,748 | 93.71% | $5,770,679 |
Totals | $1,504,288,895 | $1,416,458,483 | 94.16% | $14,785,753 |
FY2012 | Wagers | Payouts | Paid Out | State Tax |
Southland | $1,605,455,442 | $1,504,223,117 | 93.69% | $17,782,614 |
Oaklawn | $807,452,660 | $752,251,281 | 93.16% | $9,570,747 |
Totals | $2,412,908,102 | $2,256,474,398 | 93.52% | $27,353,361 |
FY2013 | Wagers | Payouts | Paid Out | State Tax |
Southland | $1,969,441,904 | $1,837,788,006 | 93.32% | $23,376,460 |
Oaklawn | $1,034,992,868 | $964,915,694 | 93.23% | $12,570,747 |
Totals | $3,004,434,772 | $2,802,703,700 | 93.29% | $35,947,207 |
FY2014 | Wagers | Payouts | Paid Out | State Tax |
Southland | $2,110,267,503 | $1,966,806,582 | 93.20% | $25,598,438 |
Oaklawn | $1,276,027,763 | $1,198,969,264 | 93.96% | $13,818,198 |
Totals | $3,386,295,267 | $3,165,775,846 | 93.49% | $39,416,636 |
FY2015 | Wagers | Payouts | Paid Out | State Tax |
Southland | $2,377,668,533 | $2,211,496,486 | 93.01% | $29,546,536 |
Oaklawn | $1,610,604,551 | $1,510,257,343 | 93.77% | $17,701,727 |
Totals | $3,988,273,084 | $3,721,753,829 | 93.32% | $47,248,263 |
*Beginning in November 2006
Source: Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration. An 18 percent privilege tax is levied on the net (after payouts) wagering revenues from legal electronic games of skill at Oaklawn Racing & Gaming at Hot Spring and Southland Park Gaming & Racing at West Memphis