The NFL accounted for more than 30% of the wagers in Colorado in September.
the state’s sports betting figures for September, revealing a betting handle of $562.9 million, an increase of more than 9.7% year-on-year.
The Colorado Department of Revenue doesn’t break down its revenues by operators like other U.S. states, instead providing insight into the betting numbers across popular sports.The NFL is the most popular betting sport in the U.S., and there were four NFL weekends in September. That helped bring in a handle of more than $173.1 million for the NFL, which accounted for more than 30% of wagers in September.
The NFL recently improved its betting integrity measures, introducing suspicious betting activity investigators in each NFL stadium during the 2024 season. handle, adding more than $68.9 million. However, this was a steep decline of 33.1% from August when the baseball betting handle hit $103.2 million. September featured the backend of the MLB season, right before the playoffs started.
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