Indiana s sportsbooks generate record 355m handle for September

Indiana’s retail and online sportsbooks generated a record-breaking $355

Indiana’s retail and online sportsbooks generated a record-breaking $355.4m inward wagers and $33.3m inwards revenue for September. The previous enter of $348.2m was circle inwards January 2021.

Players wagered $11.8m per day during Sep (up from $7m day-by-day inwards August); the month’s handgrip was upward 71% from $207.5m for Sep 2020 and upwards almost 65% from $215.6m for August 2021.

So far this year, Indiana’s sportsbooks (online and retail) feature generated $2.4bn in wagering and $206.6m inward receipts gaming revenue, already topping the $136.4m inwards revenue on $1.8bn inwards bets for the unit of the previous year.

Bettors showed the most interest group inward football, as Nicole Russo, Analyst for PlayIndiana, explained: “Football remains king, even out when the Colts let turned to a slow down go as they did in September. group A busy schedule of Indiana, Notre Dame and Purdue football game certainly helped encouragement interest, too. The undersurface line, though, is that the state’s manufacture continues to acquire and mature; and that testament likely direct to even out stronger months before as baseball’s postseason starts and the NBA returns.”

Football attracted $148.6m inwards bets (from the $48.4m wagered inward Sep 2020) and baseball drew $52.9m inwards wagering (from $30.5m for Sep 2020).

Online play attracted the to the highest degree wagers, producing $320.1m inward bets, which represents 90% of the month’s handle. DraftKings led online operators with a $130.4m handle, FanDuel came inward s with $77.2m inwards online wagering, followed by BetMGM (with $37.1m handle), Caesars (with $30.7m), Barstool (with $16.1m) and PointsBet (with $11m).

Retail sportsbooks took inwards $35.3m in wagering, upward from $20.4m for August. Retail sportsbooks were led past Hollywood Lawrenceburg (with $11.5m inwards bets), Ameristar eastern United States Chigaco was secondment (with $5m handle) and Horseshoe Hammond followed (with $4.2m).