In the first week of legal sports betting and online casino gambling in Connecticut, 1.2 million transactions took place, propelling the state to No. 9 among states in overall online sports betting and traffic, a geographic tracking company says.
Boosted by strong interest from its bettors in populous neighbor New York, Connecticut surpassed Colorado, with 2.2 million more residents than Connecticut. The betting law approved in May by Gov. Ned Lamont and the General Assembly requires online betting in-state.
The data, collected and analyzed by GeoComply Solutions Inc., a Canadian company that applies technology to detect online fraud, said last week the concentration of gambling activity is in southwestern Connecticut, originating in New York. As a result, it said evidence shows a “definite appetite for legal, regulated betting options in the region, particularly from New York.”
