Massachusetts Sports Betting Revenue Reporting: Month-by-Month

The experts at BetMassachusetts.com have assembled this guide to provide the latest updates on Massachusetts sports betting financial figures, which include handle, revenue and tax collections.

Sports wagering was legalized in the commonwealth in 2022. In-person sports wagering began in January 2023, and online/mobile wagering began in March 2023.

In Massachusetts, there are three categories of sports wagering licensees: Category 1, licensed casinos; Category 2, racetracks and/or simulcast centers, and Category 3, online/mobile operators.

Financial figures are specified by either retail licensees or online licensees. They also include data from Massachusetts sportsbook promos.

In Massachusetts, bettors have shown already they will wager hundreds of millions of dollars each month, and the vast majority of the sports gambling action is on online or mobile, via computers or mobile devices.

Sports wagering is taxed as follows: Category 1 & Category 2 Sports Wagering Licensees are taxed on 15% of gross sports wagering revenue, and Category 3 Sports Wagering Licensees are taxed on 20% of gross sports wagering revenue.

Massachusetts Sports Betting, January vs. December

The opening month of 2025 delivered dreary results for sports betting operators in the Bay State, with a 3.3% drop in total and mobile wagering handle, offset by a 64.1% surge in sports betting revenue.  

Overall, Massachusetts sports betting operators took in a total handle of $762,506,667 in January, down 3.3% from December’s total of $788,340,996, while the mobile handle of $751,428,399 was down the same amount from the $776,820,368 taken in during the final month of 2024 according to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. 

As far as wagering revenues were concerned, things went swimmingly for the state, with $94,374,882 in sports betting taxable gaming revenue in January, representing a 64.1% surge from December’s total of $57,512,914.  

That surge corresponded with the 63.8% month-over-month increase in wagering taxes, as Massachusetts sportsbooks chipped in $18,836,029 to the state’s coffers in January, which was up from the $11,499,381 collected in December.  

On an operator-by-operator basis, hometown goliath DraftKings Sportsbook was the leader in the online wagering handle race, with $377,140,693 in total handle in January from online wagers, with $51,776,863 in revenue and $10,355,373 in taxes collected during the month by the Boston-based operator.  

Trailing them was New York’s FanDuel Sportsbook, which finished January with $217,262,506 in total handle, to go with $28,802,914 in gaming revenue and $5,760,583 in taxes collected.  

Other sports betting operators that chipped in significant sums in January were BetMGM ($63,170,229 handle/$5,456,707 revenue/$1,091,341 taxes), Fanatics Sportsbook ($37,755,300 handle/$3,511,218 revenue/$702,244 taxes), ESPN BET ($28,447,733 handle/$2,333,929 revenue/$466,786 taxes), Caesars Sportsbook ($23,045,922 handle/$1,220,302 revenue/$244,060 taxes) and Bally Bet ($4,743,096 handle/$493,996 revenue/$98,799 taxes).  

Massachusetts Mobile Sports Betting History