The Illinois Gaming Board reported traditional sports wagering handle of $1.03 billion for December on Thursday, marking the third consecutive month it cleared the billion-dollar benchmark.
For the second straight month, the state flirted with breaking the record it set in October. The range in Illinois handle over the last three months has been less than $1.1 million, with December’s figure 1% lower than November’s total. That figure was within $41,000 of October’s total, as Illinois joined New Jersey, Nevada, and New York as the only states to have three consecutive months with $1 billion handles.
Operators combined to claim $82.4 million in adjusted revenue, a sharp fall-off of 15% from November as the 8% win rate was 1.4 percentage points lower.
