Gamblers in Iowa wagered $232 million in March on sports, which was around one million dollars below March of last year.
Racing and Gaming Administrator Brian Ohorilko says that was still much better than the recent trend. “The sports industry in Iowa had been trending lower every month, year over year, since September of 2022. And so, essentially, that was six consecutive months of lower handle from the previous year,” Ohorilko says.
He says there were concerns the trend would lead to a bigger year-to-year difference in the March betting, but the difference ended up not being that significant. “I think many people in the industry here in Iowa, we’re happy to see that. It is quite possible that some of those bumps were due to the local interest in March.
