By David Purdum, ESPN
Nearly $184 million was bet on sports in September at New Jersey sportsbooks, doubling the state’s year-to-date betting handle in the first month of the football regular season.
Football accounted for $88.6 million of the amount wagered in September, with $104.9 million of all bets being placed online, according to revenue numbers released Friday by New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. New Jersey sportsbooks won a net $24.0 million overall in September, including $9.4 million coming from football.
In comparison to the $184 million wagered in September at New Jersey books, approximately $450 million on average has been bet at Nevada sportsbooks each September over the past five years.
Nevada revenue numbers for September will be released later this month.
New Jersey began allowing sports betting in early June and has taken $336.6 million in wagers in the past four months, with a net win of $26 million. The state has generated $4.1 million in tax revenue in the first four months.
Six Atlantic City casinos and two racetracks, Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands, now offer sports betting. The sportsbooks run by DraftKings, through Resorts Casino, and FanDuel at the Meadowlands racetrack topped all operators in handle and revenue in September.
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