One year ago, Louisiana launched retail sportsbooks in land-based casinos and, in late January of this year, it launched online betting via mobile sportsbook apps. This October, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board released numbers of how the retail and online sportsbooks did over the past 12 months.
Retail sportsbooks in Louisiana land-based casino posted $36.4 million in betting volume in October and online sportsbooks posted $219 million, which adds up to a handle more than $255 million. The state sportsbooks, in the first 12 months, closed at $1.8 billion in total betting volume and returned over $26.4 million in betting revenue taxes for the state.
The biggest US sportsbooks in Louisiana are FanDuel, Draftkings, BetMGM and Caesars as part of the eight mobile sport betting apps that make up online wagers. Each are theses major US online sportsbooks own a part on the retail sports betting in conjunction with land-based casinos in the state.
Louisiana Gaming Control Board chair Ronnie Johns commented that "sports betting continues to move alongs very well" as reported by The Center Square.
Doc's Sport Service has a special report entitled Louisiana Sportsbooks Wrap Up October With More $1.8 Billion in Wagers.
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