The September revenue numbers for sports betting released Friday by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement were, at $183.9 million, almost double those of the preceding month, thanks largey to an increase in mobile betting and the beginning of the new football season.
The Reuters news agency reports that on-site sports wagers placed at casinos and racetracks rose by $5.1 million to $79 million in the month of September, a 7 percent increase, but that was eclipsed by the total of wagers placed over the internet, which was $104.9 million versus $21.7 million the previous month.
Four new sites launched internet sportsbooks in September, compared with only three that had come online in August.
The “explosive growth” in sports wagering contributed to a 19.5 percent overall increase in New Jersey’s total gaming revenue to $281.7 million in September versus the same month the previous year, division director David Rebuck said in a statement.
Since sports betting went live in New Jersey on June 14, $328 million of sports wagers have been placed, according to the data. Of that handle – or the total amount of bets placed – New Jersey’s casinos and racetracks reaped $40.5 million of gross revenue.
The state received $4.2 million of taxes from the 8.5 percent tax on sports betting revenues and the 13 percent tax on internet sports betting revenue.
