By a tight spread, Connecticut recorded its biggest month yet in October for sports wagering, a year after the state authorized it both online and at sports books — with the world’s biggest wagering event on deck for this weekend and beyond in the FIFA World Cup.
The $153 million gamblers wagered in October was about $4 million more than last January in the run-up to the Super Bowl, according to data from the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection.
In the first year of legalized sports wagering, the monthly numbers has averaged $111 million monthly, hitting a low of $73 million in the past 12 months excluding that first October.
