The Colorado Division of Income’s Division of Gaming, which is chargeable for overseeing the honesty and integrity of the gaming business within the state, has launched its sports activities betting numbers for October.
The regulator that goals to develop into the trusted associate to all Coloradans trying to simply navigate and thrive within the advanced business has introduced yet one more month marked by growing wagers. With sports activities wagers that went over the $526.619,776 million mark, October 2022 was named the second-highest month of complete sports activities wagers after January 2021 when the identical figures reached $573,720,213. The sports activities betting market in Colorado was formally legalized and opened to the general public in Could 2020.
7% Yr-to-Yr Rise In comparison with October 2021
October’s complete deal with in 2022 signaled a 7.2% enhance in comparison with the identical month final yr when the regulator introduced $491,453,342 in complete sports activities betting wagers. The October 2022 determine additionally marks a 17% development in comparison with September 2022’s complete deal with of $450,232,597.
Skilled American Soccer was ranked first with $1,813,796 in retail wagers, $169,823,796 in on-line wagers, and $171,637,593 in complete wagers. The game was adopted by basketball with $543,546 in retail wagers, $85,125,010 in on-line wagers, and $85,668,557 in complete bets. NCAA soccer was ranked within the third place with $883,369 in retail wagers, $49,520,358 in on-line wagers, and $550,403,728 in complete wagers. Baseball and tennis had been ranked fourth and fifth with $42,098,515, respectively, $24,473,761 in complete wagers and on-line wagers totaling $41,731,145 for baseball and $24,427,923 for tennis.
Ice hockey, soccer, desk tennis, combined martial arts, golf, parlays/mixtures, and different sports activities had been additionally included in the identical report for October. In complete, the ten listed sports activities recorded $4,831,524 in retail wagers and $521,788, 252 in on-line wagers.
$36.51M in Gross Gaming Income for October 2022
Colorado’s sports activities betting additionally recorded $36,514,974 in complete gross gaming income with $267,127 recorded by retail wagers and $36,247,846 in on-line wagers. The full web sports activities betting proceeds totaled $21,079,705 for retail and on-line wagers, whereas Colorado attracted taxes from sports activities betting wagers of $2,330,704, marking an 87% rise in comparison with the identical taxes collected the identical month final yr. Nonetheless, in September 2022, Colorado’s sports activities betting wagers introduced $2,989,342 in taxes to the state treasury, thus exhibiting a 22.03% drop on a month-to-month foundation.
In October, the Division of Gaming spoke about its plans to introduce a self-exclusion program that will simplify sportsbooks’ job to control and hold monitor of drawback gamblers.
