PlayUSA Arizona sports betting debut unlike anything we have ever seen in the US

Arizona’s online and retail sportsbooks produced $486

Arizona’s online and retail sportsbooks produced $486.1m inward bets and $37.5m inward porcine operator revenue for October, by far the to the highest degree of all time inward a US market’s 2nd month.

That follows similarly strong figures for September.

According to the PlayUSA Network, Arizona’s debut is “unprecedented inwards the account of effectual sports betting inward the US.”

During the market’s foremost ii months, sports betting generated $777.3m in wagers, which is to a greater extent than three-fold Virginia’s tally of $324.7m for its 1st 2 months.

Arizona generated $69.8m in revenue, which easily surpassed Tennessee’s add up of $27.1m for operator revenue over a market’s first deuce months.

The commonwealth also produced $1.1m inwards task revenue on $10.7m inwards nonexempt revenue; however, this is far from a tape as sportsbooks wrote cancelled $57.2m in promotions.

Operators are allay trying to pull in accounting entry into Arizona. DraftKings and FanDuel were the top-grossing sportsbooks inwards the securities industry patch Barstool Sports “struggled to donjon up.”

Commenting on the state’s first-class honours degree ii months, Eric Ramsey, Lead Data Analyst for the PlayUSA Network, said: “Arizona’s debut is unlike anything we make seen in the US.

"Perfect timing that coincided with the kickoff of football game season, a number of structural advantages that make believe the marketplace peculiarly appealing for operators, unprecedented wagerer enthusiasm and other factors combined to fuel this start.

"It’s of import to recollect that as telling as these world-class 2 months were, this is just now the wind of the iceberg. AZ testament no doubt go unity of the nation's teetotum markets as it continues to mature.”