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By the Numbers: Gambling in Arkansas

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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

(See Bingo Numbers Continue to Slide for Some Nonprofits for more.)

 

 


 

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

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