North Carolina's first week of legal online sports betting featured significant wagering activity, according to the North Carolina State Lottery Commission.
The commission reported first-week total wagering revenue of $198.1 million, gross wagering revenue of $42.7 million, and $7.7 million in tax revenue. On the first day of legal online betting in North Carolina, the commission reported $23.9 million of total wagering revenue, $11 million in gross wagering revenue, and about $2 million in tax revenue for the state.
“I think people liked the ability to wager in North Carolina on sports,” Sterl Carpenter, the commission's deputy executive director of gaming compliance and sports betting, said.
Legal online sports betting in North Carolina launched on March 11 at noon, as eight legal North Carolina betting apps went live.