CONCORD, NH — Within the 4 years since New Hampshire legalized sports activities betting and teamed up with DraftKings, the partnership has contributed $100 million to public schooling, based on the New Hampshire Lottery. It’s one in all a number of video games administered by the Lottery that contribute to the Schooling Belief Fund.
“We’re extraordinarily happy with the work we’ve got executed to determine New Hampshire because the premier sports activities betting vacation spot within the Northeast,” stated Charlie McIntyre, govt director of the New Hampshire Lottery, in an announcement. “We encourage our New Hampshire gamers to proceed to put accountable bets and sit up for many extra years of huge wins!”
State income from all video games, together with immediate scratch tickets, keno and historic horse racing, generated a rise of $43 million, or 29.three p.c, final yr for the Schooling Belief Fund, based on the annual report of Lottery.
Sports activities betting is among the many Lottery's latest video games, opening its first retail sportsbook at The Brook in Seabrook, adopted by Filotimo in Manchester and Dover and Gate Metropolis On line casino in Nashua.
Within the 4 years since sports activities betting was launched, gamers in New Hampshire have wagered greater than $2.71 billion, based on the Lottery.
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