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US gambling in charts: the data gallery
35 interactive charts in 25 chart types, organised by the FT Visual Vocabulary. Every chart uses a different slice of our US database (snapshot 2026-10-15): no number is typed in by hand. Hover for exact values, switch to the table, download CSV or PNG, or expand a chart preview. For the sports betting market report see US sports betting in numbers.
Reference: the Financial Times Visual Journalism Team’s chart-selection guide covers nine families of visual questions. Comparison uses magnitude charts here; flow uses a waterfall of recorded venue sources and duplicate removals, not invented transfers. The index below distinguishes demonstrated methods from variants not shown.
- Interactive charts
- 35
- Chart types
- 25
- Topics
- 5
- Snapshot date
- 2026-10-15
Market & money
Revenue, handle, hold, operator share and slot win from state regulator reports.
Ordered bar · FT Visual Vocabulary: Ranking
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database.
Paired column · FT Visual Vocabulary: Magnitude
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database.
Scatterplot · FT Visual Vocabulary: Correlation
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database.
Bubble · FT Visual Vocabulary: Correlation
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database; tax rates from statutes in our database.
Treemap · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
Source: Michigan Gaming Control Board operator filings.
Stacked bar (100%) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
- FanDuel
- DraftKings
- BetMGM
- Fanatics
- PENN (ESPN BET, theScore, Barstool)
- Caesars
- PointsBet
- BetRivers (Rush Street)
- Hard Rock
- Other
- bet365
Source: Operator-level filings of MI, OH, IN regulators.
Slope · FT Visual Vocabulary: Change over time
Source: Nevada Gaming Control Board, monthly revenue report Aug 2026.
Diverging bar · FT Visual Vocabulary: Deviation
Source: Nevada Gaming Control Board, monthly revenue report Aug 2026.
Bubble · FT Visual Vocabulary: Correlation
Source: Mississippi Gaming Commission, Aug 2026 report.
Time & trends
Monthly series and dated milestones.
Line · FT Visual Vocabulary: Change over time
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database.
Stacked area · FT Visual Vocabulary: Change over time
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database.
Column (time) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Change over time
Source: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
Heatmap (calendar) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Change over time
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database.
Diverging bar · FT Visual Vocabulary: Deviation
Source: State regulator monthly reports, via our US database.
Timeline · FT Visual Vocabulary: Change over time
Source: US Code and Supreme Court, via our database.
Timeline · FT Visual Vocabulary: Change over time
Source: State statutes and regulator notices in our database.
Column · FT Visual Vocabulary: Magnitude
Source: Sports betting timeline in our database.
Law & regulation
Legal status, legal texts, licences and tax rules.
Stacked bar (100%) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
- Live
- Legal, not live
- Contested
- Not legal
- Tribal only
Source: Legal status findings in our database.
Heatmap (categorical) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Correlation
Source: Legal status findings in our database.
Donut · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
Source: Laws table of our database.
Treemap · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
Source: Licence registers of state regulators.
Lollipop · FT Visual Vocabulary: Ranking
Source: Licence registers of state regulators.
Dot strip plot · FT Visual Vocabulary: Distribution
Source: State statutes in our database.
Box plot · FT Visual Vocabulary: Distribution
Source: Tax rules in our database (percent-of-revenue rates only).
Venues & geography
Where venues and licences are, and how the venue count is built.
Waterfall · FT Visual Vocabulary: Flow
Source: Venue merge statistics of our database.
Column · FT Visual Vocabulary: Magnitude
Source: Venue table of our database (a venue can carry more than one type).
Choropleth (tile grid) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Spatial
Source: Legal status findings in our database.
Proportional symbol (tile grid) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Spatial
Source: Licence registers of state regulators.
Dot map · FT Visual Vocabulary: Spatial
Source: OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocodes of addresses from official lists.
Waffle · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
Source: Mississippi Gaming Commission, Aug 2026 report.
Player protection
Minimum age, self-exclusion and withholding on winnings.
Histogram · FT Visual Vocabulary: Distribution
Source: Statutes and regulator rules in our database.
Stacked bar (100%) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
- 18+
- 19+
- 21+
Source: Statutes and regulator rules in our database.
Choropleth (tile grid) · FT Visual Vocabulary: Spatial
Source: State self-exclusion program pages in our database.
Ordered bar · FT Visual Vocabulary: Ranking
Source: State self-exclusion program pages in our database.
Waffle · FT Visual Vocabulary: Part-to-whole
Source: State revenue department and lottery pages in our database.
Chart type index
By FT Visual Vocabulary category. Types without real data that fits are listed as not shown rather than filled with placeholder numbers.
- Correlation
- Shown: Scatterplot, Bubble, Heatmap (categorical)
- Not shown: Column + line timeline, connected scatterplot, XY heatmap (too few paired series)
- Ranking
- Shown: Ordered bar, Lollipop
- Not shown: Ordered column, ordered proportional symbol, bump chart, slope (rank)
- Distribution
- Shown: Dot strip plot, Box plot, Histogram
- Not shown: Violin, population pyramid, cumulative curve, frequency polygons, beeswarm, barcode
- Change over time
- Shown: Slope, Line, Stacked area, Column (time), Heatmap (calendar), Timeline
- Not shown: Candlestick, fan chart (no forecasts), connected scatter, priestley timeline, circle timeline, vertical timeline, seismogram, streamgraph
- Magnitude
- Shown: Paired column, Column
- Not shown: Marimekko, isotype (pictogram), radar, parallel coordinates, bullet, grouped symbol
- Part-to-whole
- Shown: Treemap, Stacked bar (100%), Donut, Waffle
- Not shown: Pie (shown as donut), arc, gridplot, Venn, Voronoi, sunburst
- Spatial
- Shown: Choropleth (tile grid), Proportional symbol (tile grid), Dot map
- Not shown: Flow map, contour map, equalised cartogram, scaled cartogram, heat map (geographic)
Research by jurisdiction
All supporting sources by jurisdiction and data type
| Jurisdiction | Licence records |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 3628Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Arkansas | 4Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| California | 171Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Colorado | 10Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Connecticut | 106Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Delaware | 674Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| District of Columbia | 342Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Idaho | 9Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Illinois | 11599Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Indiana | 18Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Iowa | 2631Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Kansas | 1809Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Kentucky | 2Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Louisiana | 4002Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Maine | 8Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Michigan | 3Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Missouri | 2Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Montana | 1819Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Nebraska | 10Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Nevada | 688Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| New Jersey | 53Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Ohio | 7Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Oklahoma | 3Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Oregon | 8Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Pennsylvania | 26Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| South Dakota | 6Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Washington | 13Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| Puerto Rico | 267Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
| US Virgin Islands | 131Verified records in this database (not a market total)Official source · 2026-10-28 |
No confirmed value published yet (records under review or not researched; this is not a zero or a prohibition): Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.