Daily Archives: August 1, 2023

Sports wagering revenue in New Hampshire increased 57.0% year-on-year during the state’s 2023 financial year, while handle also edged up.

Gross gaming revenue for the 12 months to the end of June 2023 amounted to $81.0m, up from $51.6m in the previous year.

Of this total, $69.1m came from online betting, an increase of 57.1%. Retail betting revenue also jumped 56.6% year-on-year to $11.9m.

In terms of handle, players wagered a total of $883.7m on sports during the 2023 financial year. This was 2.6% higher than the previous year when $861.1m was bet.

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The total Colorado sports betting handle declined for the third consecutive month in June, as well as falling for the first time on a yearly basis.

Colorado’s total betting handle stood at $310.7m in June 2023, a 19% decline from the $385.2m the Centennial state achieved in May.

This also represented a 0.8% fall from the $313.2m the state reported in the same period last year.

Of the total wagers, the vast majority resulted from online wagers at $308.2m, with just $2.44m originating from retail and land-based bets.

Players bet the highest totals on baseball, which received $104.6m in wagers. The second and third most popular sports were basketball and tennis, reporting $57.9m and $23.7m respectively.

This represented a change from June 2022, when ice hockey was the state’s third most popular sport to bet on instead of tennis.

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