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Feb
SCHENECTADY — A whopping $2.45 billion was bet electronically in New York on sporting events in the first five weeks of mobile sports wagering, up through Super Bowl Sunday.The first month of legal mobile sports wagering in New York was the highest one-month performance ever, for any state, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced last week, before the week leading up to the big game was tallied.All those wagers resulted in $154 million of gross gaming revenue for the sportsbook operators, which will mean $78.5 million in tax collections for New York, which has the highest tax rate on mobile wagers in…
