It is customary for sportsbooks to make a big leap in activity from August to September as football season kicks into full gear, but not in the way that Caesars Sportsbook did last month.

The recently reformatted sportsbook that took barely $1 million in online/mobile bets in August showed a handle of $17.5 million in September, according to the revenue report released last week by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. That was about seven times as much as its betting volume of $2.4 million in September 2021.

Caesars’ online gross revenue of $2,065,762 last month was more than $1.8 million higher than in any of its 30 prior months as a digital operator in the state. It reported $854,349 in adjusted, taxable revenue after giving away more than $1.2 million in promotional credits, which was more than it gave away in the entire 2021-22 fiscal year.