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(Online) gambling - tax on revenue[edit]

The section "Online Gambling" includes the text:

The law legalizes online casino gambling for a 10-year trial period, restricts the operation of the [[website]]s to Atlantic City's eleven casinos, and imposes a 15% tax on online gambling revenue, instead of the 8% currently imposed on casinos.<ref name="online gambling PI">{{cite web|url=http://mobile.philly.com/business/?wss=/philly/business&id=193398351&viewAll=y#more|title=Christie signs bill legalizing online gambling|publisher=[[Philadelphia Inquirer]]|author=Suzette Parmley|date=February 26, 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2016}}</ref>{{clarification needed|date=April 2016}}

(I added the Casino and {{clarification needed}} tags.) Is it really on the revenue, and not the profits? 15% is a lot of revenue – much more than the overround (profit) on many games, and games such as roulette, for example, don't even average 8%. Unfortunately the link is dead so I can't check this statement from that. (In contrast, in the United Kingdom, betting tax used to be payable either "before" (on the stake) or on the winnings, if any – that tax was abolished some years ago and now the company is taxed on its profits.) Si Trew (talk) 08:28, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@SimonTrew: You are confusing profits with the house edge. Gaming taxes in the US are typically calculated on "gross gaming revenue", which is the total amount wagered by players minus the total amount awarded back to the player. For example, if roulette has a house edge of 8%, then the gross gaming revenue would be about 8% of the total amount wagered, and the tax would be 15% of that 8%. Toohool (talk) 17:42, 3 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that. That definition of revenue is not one I (English) recognised. Perhaps it could be clarified per WP:WORLDWIDE. No, in UK it's on the profits – including those from non-gaming activities, I think; I don't know how a company " qualifies" to pay this higher tax though. 18:09, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

Sports Gambling, 2018[edit]

On May 14, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, clearing the way for states including New Jersey to legalize, regulate and tax sports gambling. On June 11, 2018, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the sports wagering bill that legalizes sports betting at casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey racetracks, as well as former racetracks, as well as online and mobile sports gambling. The tax rate for land based sports betting is set to 8.5% while internet sports betting rate is 13%.

The former racetrack definition would make Garden State Park in Cherry Hill, as well as the Atlantic City race course in Egg Harbor Township both eligible to have sports betting, even without live racing.

The tax revenues from sports betting at casinos would be deposited into the Casino Revenue Fund, while the tax revenues from the racetracks would be deposited into the State General Fund.