Illinois sports bettors top $1B again

The Illinois Gaming Board reported a record $128.4 million in adjusted gross sports betting revenue for December on Thursday, which was just enough to make the Land of Lincoln the third state to reach $1 billion in operator winnings for 2023. It was the second time this year and third time overall Illinois sportsbooks generated at least $100…

New Jersey sports betting action came roaring back above the billion-dollar mark in September with the return of NFL and college football. The Garden State broke one record last month and came close to two others. The handle, or amount wagered, on mobile sports betting apps in the state last month came to $1255482930. That broke the record of…

Colorado, Ohio and Virginia are three states that have made a huge impact on legal sports betting in the country. The Colorado Division of Gaming recently reported that more than $12.1 billion in total volume has been tallied in the state's third full year of legal betting on sports. April of this year pushed the sport betting handle past $3…

Given that February was a shorter month with the Super Bowl being the only major football game, lower numbers were expected. In February, Illinois saw the end of its four-month streak of legal sports betting handles surpassing a billion dollars. According to the Illinois Gaming Board, the state's handle for February was $875.4 million, down 19%…

In the first four years after May 14, 2018 -- which was the day the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, paving the way for states to legalize sports gambling -- New Jersey was the king of the sports betting take. The Garden State set record numbers until the beginning of 2022, when New York finally got in…

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Figures recently reported by the Illinois Gaming Board show the state's retail and online sports betting sites handled $1.03 billion in wagers during October - the first time Illinois has broken the billion-dollar mark in a single month. After getting a big boost in September from the return of football, legal sports betting in the Prairie State…

Sports wagering produced some interesting results for Nevada sportsbooks in December, and overall, the Nevada gaming industry continued to flex its muscles. The betting handle on sporting events was down compared to both November 2022 and compared to the same month in the previous year, revenues skyrocketed. But for all of 2022, total sports…

Figures recently reported by the Illinois Gaming Board show the state's retail and online sports betting sites handled $1.03 billion in wagers during November - the second straight month Illinois has broken the billion-dollar mark in a single month. One month after posting its topping a billion dollars in legal sports betting handle, Illinois…

Illinois sportsbooks have reached another milestone. October marked the first time Illinois sports betting handle surpassed the $1 billion mark in a single month. Illinois is just the fourth state in U.S. history to produce a billion-dollar monthly handle from sports betting, joining New York, New Jersey and Nevada to reach that plateau. In…

Illinois sports bettors have set a new record this fall, as the state reported wagers exceeding $1 billion in one month for the first time in history in October. The $1.03 billion handle - up 24% from September's total - has led to $16.4 million in state and local tax revenues. Lifetime gambling taxes have generated nearly $204 million. In addition…

ALTON - Illinois set a record for sports wagers in October, with the monthly total of $1.03 billion topping the state's previous highest monthly total of $971 million in March. "Betting on the NFL and the opening of both the NBA and NHL regular seasons were major catalysts behind the record month," said Dave Briggs ot PlayIllinois.com. "It makes…

Illinois bettors plunked down more than $1 billion on sports in October, a new record for the state's young sports betting industry and one of the highest monthly figures recorded anywhere in the U.S. since the industry was legalized, gambling regulators announced Thursday. The staggering monthly handle - or total amount of money wagered - cements…

Missouri's legislature convenes in less than a month from now on January 4 so some state lawmakers are already getting a jump on reigniting the legal sports betting debate by pre-filing two separate bills that would allow for different versions of that market to be created there. One of those proposals is Senate Bill 1 (SB-1) which "establishes…

It looks like the launch of online sports betting in New York earlier this year is taking a toll on the amount of action handled by New Jersey sportsbooks. Sports betting in New Jersey isn't what it used to be lately. Indeed, numbers released Monday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement showed the Garden State's retail and online…

The stakes for sports betting across the country are sky high, but this is especially true in California, the most populous state in the nation with over 39 million residents. There are two ballot propositions concerning sports betting that Californians will have the opportunity to vote on this fall. Proposition 26, supported by California's horse…

The impact of mobile sports betting in New York might be showing in monthly NJ sports betting reports. New Jersey sportsbooks reported $546.8 million in handle for August, down 17.7% from last year. Revenue hit $65.3 million, for $8.3 million paid in taxes, according to the monthly report released Friday. August marked the fourth consecutive month…

Illinois became the fourth state to surpass $1 billion in sports wagering operator revenue when Illinois Gaming Board Administrator Marcus Fruchter announced Thursday the state's top-line numbers for July during the state agency meeting. The nearly $46.1 million claimed by sportsbooks in July was the ninth-highest total in 27 months of wagering…

Online sports betting handle in the Empire State began climbing again in August, just ahead of the NFL's regular season. Online sports betting in New York looks like it is on the comeback trail, just as a crucial season for bookmakers has arrived. Earlier this week, the New York State Gaming Commission released the total handle and total gross…

As football season kicks into full swing, online sports betting in New York is already back on the upswing. According to data released by the New York State Gaming Commission on Friday, NY sports betting operators combined for $872.2 million in handle during the month of August, nearly $72 million more than the previous month. And with college…

The NFL is king in the U.S. as sports gamblers have flocked to place every manner of wager on the league's games, players, and futures, and according to a monthly report from the Illinois Gaming Board, that's led to a record October handle in that state, good news all around. Here's how those Illinois numbers break down according to Focus Gaming…

Now that the Ohio sports betting market is up and running, all eyes are turning to the next sports betting domino that will fall, Massachusetts. The Bay State will be the third consecutive consequential state to launch sports betting, following closely on the heels of Maryland (Nov. 23, 2022) and Ohio (Jan. 1, 2023). First Bet Insurance up…