The Indiana Gaming Commission (IGC) reported a record gross sports betting revenue for January on Monday, as parlay handle ed for more than half the state’s $480.6 million worth of wagers.
It was the first time $51.2 million set in September 2022. Operators statewide posted an 11.1% hold, sixth-highest in 53 months of legal betting, as it reached double digits for the sixth time in the last nine months.
Parlay handle as a percentage of the total handle in Indiana topped 40% for the first time in December, which was also the first time it sured $200 million. Bettors went much higher to start 2024, putting down a whopping $269.9 million worth of wagers on the multi-leg bets.
That was $64.2 million more than December’s short-lived record of $205.7 million. The IGC does not disclose revenue figures for sport category, but parlay handle ed for more than 56% of the total amount bet in January.
With an all-time high in revenue came an all-time high in tax receipts. State coffers saw an inflow of $5.1 million — the first time Indiana operators generated more than $5 million in sports betting taxes in a month as the total since launch in 2019 reached over $126.6 million.
Indiana also became the seventh state to sur $15 billion in all-time handle since sports betting expanded beyond Nevada on a state-by-state basis in May 2018.
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Top 10 post-PASPA #SportsBetting handle by state (thru Jan. '24 in CAPS)
1 New Jersey ~$45.7B
2 NEW YORK $37.81B
3 Nevada $37.73B
4 Illinois $30.28B
5 Penn. $26.57B
6 Colorado $15.78B
7 INDIANA $15.32B
8 Virginia $13.726B
9 Michigan $13.721B
10 Arizona $13.66B#SportsBettingX— Chris Altruda (@AlTruda73) February 12, 2024
As is the routine most months in Indiana, DraftKings set the pace in handle. January marked another all-time state high for FanDuel, as the digital juggernaut walloped the public with a 14.6% hold — its best since reaching 15.3% in September 2022 — to claim $23.4 million from $159.6 million handle.
FanDuel has topped $20 million in back-to-back months and remains the only mobile book to sur $20 million in monthly winnings. DraftKings, though, again came within shouting distance of that benchmark, as it collected $18.7 million in winnings while fashioning a 10.4% win rate against $179.8 million worth of wagers. DraftKings has posted eight-figure revenue totals in five consecutive months, its longest such streak in Indiana.
Though Caesars for the fourth spot at more than $30.8 million. That ed for 6.6% of the $465.3 million in online wagers, putting ESPN BET within touching distance of its first-year target of 7%.
The betting public pulled ESPN BET back into the pack, limiting it to a 4.6% hold and $1.4 million in revenue — down nearly 62% from December. The PENN Entertainment sportsbook has generated nearly $91.3 million handle over the past three months when including combined November figures with predecessor Barstool Sportsbook.
BetMGM sured $4 million in revenue for the first time since March, crafting an 11.3% hold from $36 million worth of bets to clear the benchmark by more than $57,000. Caesars had its first back-to-back months with more than $2 million in winnings since September and October of 2022 thanks to a 6.9% win rate that resulted in $2.1 million in profit from $29.6 million handle.
launched operations in the Hoosier State on Jan. 30, hit the ground running by accepting $1.1 million worth of bets in its first two days. It had a robust 27.8% hold to keep about $315,000 of that amount.
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Running January/2024 YTD Top 10 #SportsBetting revenue by state:
1 New York $211.71M
2 MARYLAND $80M
3 Indiana $53.47M
4 Iowa $22.06M
5 Oregon $9.49M
6 West Virginia $6.02M
7 Maine $5.55M
8 Montana $852.1K
9 TBD
10 TBD#SportsBettingX #GamblingX— Chris Altruda (@AlTruda73) February 12, 2024
Indiana’s 14 retail sportsbooks started 2024 much like they ended 2023, with notable declines in year-over-year handle as NFL playoffs.
Two brick-and-mortar venues, Ameristar in East Chicago and Belterra in Florence, posted combined losses of nearly $87,000. Ameristar had the bigger payout at $44,556, but Belterra had a minus-26.2% hold paying out $42,243 above its $161,000 handle.
The state’s two racinos and three Winners Circles off-track betting locations had a combined 11.3% hold, keeping nearly $531,000 in revenue from $4.7 million wagered. The overall retail win rate was 8.9%, as the house won close to $1.4 million.
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Handle was up 12.5% from the first month of 2023 in Indiana, while revenue soared 46.7% thanks to a hold that was 2.6 percentage points higher than the 8.5% crafted in the first month of last year.
Despite handle being down 4.5% compared to December, operators still had a 5.6% uptick in revenue.
