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NC budget raises sports-betting tax, adds prediction markets
New NC budget raises sports-betting taxes, redirects revenue to public universities, and creates a new tax on prediction markets.
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NC budget deal reached, with votes planned before July 4
NC lawmakers reached a budget deal over the weekend, with votes expected this week ahead of the July 1 fiscal year.
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Legislative leaders push back NC budget time frame
Budget talks have slowed at the General Assembly, but Berger and Hall say they still expect a deal by the end of the month.
Opinion
Super Bowl winner predicted: Online betting sites
NC is predicted to make over $76M in Super Bowl bets, despite only spending $1.5M in 2022, when sports betting was only legal in the Cherokee casinos. That’s a 4,966.67% increase in only 5 years.
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NC sports-betting revenues hit record low in July
NC sports betting brought in just over $4M in taxes in July 2025, the lowest monthly revenue since betting began in March 2024.
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$2M grant secures MLS All-Star Game for Charlotte
A $2M state grant is bringing the 2026 MLS All-Star Game to Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium, home of the Panthers and Charlotte FC.
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Poll: Trump favorability, economic optimism among NC voters underwater
Three-in-four North Carolina likely voters believe that tariffs will make products more expensive, and only 10% believe tariffs are the best way to reshore manufacturing jobs.
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Budget proposal would double sports-betting tax
NC would become the state with the 4th highest tax on sports betting, at 36%, under the Senate budget proposal.
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One year of sports betting in North Carolina
Sports betting has had a tremendous impact in more ways than one in its first year in NC, as the one-year anniversary was marked on Tuesday.
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$5 billion in bets in NC’s 1st year of legal online sports betting
Millions of dollars in tax revenue have been generated during the first year of legalized online sports betting.
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NC universities receive over $17 million in sports betting tax revenue
UNC universities benefit from sports betting tax revenue.
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Report: NC No. 11 in online sports betting tax rates
North Carolina taxes online sports betting at a rate of 18 percent.
