{"id":12791,"date":"2022-11-02T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12791"},"modified":"2022-11-02T12:36:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T12:36:20","slug":"arkansas-sports-bets-hit-new-record-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/arkansas-sports-bets-hit-new-record-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Sports Bets Hit New Record in September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/arkansas.jpg\" width=\"300\" title=\"Arkansas Sports Bets Hit New Record in September \" alt=\"Arkansas\" class=\"alignright size-medium\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September\u2019s $21.18m in bets easily outpaced the previous record of $12.6 million in June 2022. <\/li>\n<li>Saracen Casino saw the most wagers at over $10.4 million. <\/li>\n<li>Officials expected an increase due to football season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/us\/states\/arkansas\">Sports betting is booming in Arkansas<\/a>. The state has hit a new record handle in September, with a total of $21.18 million wagers placed. <\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration<\/strong> reported the increase, a total that easily outpaces the $12.6 million record handle from June 2022. <\/p>\n<h2>Details of September\u2019s Sports Betting Earnings <\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/saracenresort.com\"><strong>Saracen Casino<\/strong><\/a> in Pine Bluff was the most successful operator in September, with over $10.4 million in bets placed. The casino saw the majority of its wagers placed online with $9.54 million bet across mobile devices. <\/p>\n<p>Spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, <strong>Scott Hardin<\/strong>, commented that officials expected the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/australian-football\">sports bets to increase for the state as football season began<\/a>. However, the record-setting total was a complete surprise and amazingly surpassed the previous record by over $8 million. <\/p>\n<p>The Administration reported a daily betting average of just over $700,000. The month also did well when compared to August. The previous month recorded just over $10.1 million in wagers. September outpaced this number by over $11 million. <\/p>\n<h2>Booming Industry for Arkansas<\/h2>\n<p>Sports betting is doing considerably well for Arkansas, an industry that has only been operational for a little over three years. Sports betting was first launched in July 2019 but was limited to casino wagering only. Online options were not permitted at that time. <\/p>\n<p>The boom then happened as the state opened to online gaming. A legal change was made earlier this year to allow online or mobile app betting. Since the industry first launched, <strong>over $200 million has been wagered on sports<\/strong>. Over $3.2 million has been paid in taxes. <\/p>\n<p>The industry has come a long way since it first began. In the first month of physical casino betting, operators generated under $500,000 in bets. By the following February, bets were already up over $4 million. <\/p>\n<p>The influx here recently is due to online betting options. Players would much rather wager online than travel to a casino to place a bet. The convenience of mobile betting is the main reason why players prefer it. The option takes just seconds to complete without the need to travel to a second location to wager. <\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see if the momentum will continue for sportsbooks in Arkansas as the year comes to a close. There are still a few months remaining and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/american-football\/nfl\">NFL<\/a> season is in full swing. It would not be surprising to see similar totals in October and into November, or perhaps even larger numbers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary September\u2019s $21.18m in bets easily outpaced the previous record of $12.6 million in June 2022. Saracen Casino saw the most wagers at over $10.4 million. Officials expected an increase due to football season. Sports betting is booming in Arkansas. The state has hit a new record handle in September, with a total of $21.18 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-finance","category-sports","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arkansas Sports Bets Hit New Record in September<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The sports betting industry of Arkansas has reached new heights in September, recording a record $21.18 million wagers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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