The data are based on the state of residency of the gambler. These data include net losses from all forms of legal gambling (lotteries, casinos, online casinos, sports betting, etc). Not all forms of gambling are legal in all states.
InvisibleBlueUnicorn on
What’s up with WA, why is it so high?
Furlion on
Would love to see this side by side with some sort of income based map. Does West Virginia lose less money or do they just have less money to gamble with to begin with? Still it’s a pretty neat map.
_BreakingGood_ on
In 2023, many of these states still had sports betting as illegal. I’d be curious to see 2025 numbers now that it is quite widely legalized.
BenTheHokie on
Would be interesting to see if there’s substantial changes pre and post DraftKings
Slammy_Adams on
The South looks pretty good when it comes to not losing money!
Georgia: Hold my beer
Due-Mycologist-7106 on
Are the highest ones low population states with a few people dragging the average up or something?
GentlemenBehold on
Surprised Nevada isn’t number one by a mile.
romario77 on
how come Nevada is so low? I would think casinos would make it higher.
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is this like, per year, a lifetime? a day?
That $666 in California is outright beastly.
Never gambling is a life hack!
Data: [https://apps.bea.gov/regional/downloadzip.htm](https://apps.bea.gov/regional/downloadzip.htm)
Tools: R (packages: dplyr, ggplot2, sf, usmap, tools, ggfx, grid, scales)
The data are based on the state of residency of the gambler. These data include net losses from all forms of legal gambling (lotteries, casinos, online casinos, sports betting, etc). Not all forms of gambling are legal in all states.
What’s up with WA, why is it so high?
Would love to see this side by side with some sort of income based map. Does West Virginia lose less money or do they just have less money to gamble with to begin with? Still it’s a pretty neat map.
In 2023, many of these states still had sports betting as illegal. I’d be curious to see 2025 numbers now that it is quite widely legalized.
Would be interesting to see if there’s substantial changes pre and post DraftKings
The South looks pretty good when it comes to not losing money!
Georgia: Hold my beer
Are the highest ones low population states with a few people dragging the average up or something?
Surprised Nevada isn’t number one by a mile.
how come Nevada is so low? I would think casinos would make it higher.