ILLINOIS SPORTS BETTING WAGERS SOAR TO RECORD $840.4M IN OCTOBER
Illinois’ licensed sportsbook operators have recorded a 93 per cent increase in total amounts wagered to $840.4m in October 2021.
The bulk of the monthly total was wagered on professional sports ($712.6m), with $127.4m bet on college sports and a further $500,243 on motor races.
Overall, online sports wagers soared to $803.4m during the month, with retail contributing $37.0m in wagers.
ILLINOIS SPORTS BETTING HANDLE: OCTOBER 2021 (US$)
| Online | Retail | TOTAL | |
| Casino Queen | 308,838,497 | 6,417,050 | 315,255,548 |
| Fairmount Park | 235,425,523 | 1,264,632 | 236,690,155 |
| Midwest Gaming & Entertainment | 119,009,434 | 16,668,921 | 135,678,357 |
| HC Aurora | 67,917,082 | 1,909,544 | 69,826,626 |
| Hawthorne Race Course | 59,572,923 | 2,830,811 | 62,403,736 |
| Elgin Riverboat Resort | 12,685,905 | 1,313,401 | 13,999,307 |
| Alton Casino | — | 4,035,267 | 4,035,267 |
| HC Joliet | — | 1,800,348 | 1,800,348 |
| Par-A-Dice Gaming | — | 751,089 | 751,089 |
| TOTAL | 803,449,367 | 36,991,067 | 840,440,435 |
Casino Queen and partner DraftKings maintained their leadership position in Illinois’ sports betting market with wagers of $315.3m in October, comprised of $308.8m online and $6.4m from retail.
The next biggest operator was Fairmount Park and partner FanDuel with $236.7m in wagers, which comprised $235.4m from online and $1.3m from retail.
Sports wagers from Churchill Downs Incorporated and Rush Street Gaming’s Rivers Casino Des Plaines (trading as Midwest Gaming & Entertainment) amounted to $135.7m during the month, of which $119.0m was generated online. Rivers Casino remained the biggest retail sportsbook in the state with October wagers of $16.7m.
Gaming & Leisure Properties’ Hollywood Casino Aurora collected wagers of $69.8m during the month, including $67.9m online via Barstool Sports, while Hawthorne Race Course and partner PointsBet took in wagers of $62.4m, of which $59.6m was derived online.
Caesars Entertainment’s Grand Victoria Casino (trading as Elgin Riverboat Resort) generated wagers of $14.0m, including $12.7m online via Caesars Sportsbook. This was ahead of Penn National Gaming’s Argosy Casino Alton’s $4.0m, Hollywood Casino Joliet’s $1.8m and Par-A-Dice Gaming’s $751,089, all derived from retail.
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