THERE WERE MORE THAN 210-MILLION DOLLARS BET ON SPORTS IN IOWA IN SEPTEMBER. BRIAN OHORILKO IS THE STATE’S.RACING AND GAMING ADMINISTRATOR:
BETS4 OC……..WAS LEGALIZED” :07
THE 2021 SEPTEMBER BETTING INCREASED BY MORE THAN 138-MILLION DOLLARS COMPARED TO SEPTEMBER OF 2020.
SIOUX CITY’S HARD ROCK CASINO SPORTS HANDLE WAS $2,088,689 LAST MONTH COMPARED TO $1,978,816 IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
OHORILKO SAYS THE JANUARY LAW CHANGE ALLOWING PLAYERS TO SIGN UP FOR ONLINE SPORTS BETTING WITHOUT GOING TO A CASINO, AND THE RETURN TO A NORMAL SCHEDULE OF GAMES FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC WERE A COUPLE OF FACTORS.
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OHORILKO SAYS THE MASSIVE JUMP IN SPORTS BETTING FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER SHOWS THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE AND N-F-L FOOTBALL.
BETS6 OC………A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE” :11
HE SAYS THE SPORTS BETTING PACE COULD KEEP UP THIS MONTH AS THE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS ADD TO THE FULL FOOTBALL SCHEDULE.
THE STATE WILL RECEIVE AROUND FIVE-POINT-SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS IN NET RECEIPTS FROM SPORTS GAMBLING FOR SEPTEMBER.
