In the first month, more than $1.6 billion was wagered through online sports betting, compared to just $15 million through in-person sports bets at casinos. Betting boomed when the state began allowing people to make sports bets through cell phones and computers in January 2022. New York began allowing sports betting in 2019, but only in person at four upstate casinos, limiting the market.
Mike DeWine is now proposing to double the tax rate on sports betting.
Whereas some states started with limited in-person sports betting and gradually added mobile apps, Ohio began more aggressively - simultaneously launching numerous mobile options and retail locations.
