New Jersey is raking in cash through legalized sports betting. According to Darren Rovell of the Action Network, New Jersey “shattered” its sports betting handle record in September.

The state’s Division of Gaming Enforcement said on Tuesday that a whopping $445.5 million was bet for the first full month of the football season. If you break out that total by day, it equates to $14.9 million bet per day in New Jersey.

According to the report, the previous single-month record for the amount bet in the Garden State was $385.3 million in January (which makes sense with the NFL playoffs and Super Bowl in play). So September’s total surpassed the record by more than $60 million.

Rovell reports the September 2019 total is 142% more than September 2018, when the state brought in $183.9 million in wagers. So year-over-year, New Jersey took in $261.1 million more in September 2019 than in September 2018.

Now here’s the kicker. Rovell reports that 84% of the September 2019 bets were made via mobile or online. Which makes sense since there are more than a dozen mobile operators in the state who can take bets.

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On the surface, New Jersey appears to have a long way to go to catch its good friends out west.

Rovell reports the single month record for sports betting in Las Vegas is $596.8 million from March of this year.

However what happens in Vegas doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas, because Rovell reports “New Jersey beat Nevada in handle (the amount of money accepted in wagers) in May, July and August.”

That’s right. The way sports betting is trending, New Jersey could pass Nevada as a gambling mecca. Now that would be a real Boardwalk Empire.

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