Meanwhile, the race book handle dropped for the fourth straight year, dipping to $280.3 million. The books won $34.5 million overall in December, their 53rd consecutive winning month. “It’s become a bigger part of what we have to provide.”īaseball also generated a record handle of $1.1 billion, with books winning $36.8 million. It’s contagious throughout the casino,” Esposito said. “You look at the college basketball tournament and the overall atmosphere of the books. The books won $76.8 million on football and $87.4 million on basketball. “That’s really helped contribute to the increase in handle across the board.”Ī record $1.7 billion was wagered on football (college and pro) at the state’s sports books, and a record $1.4 billion was bet on basketball (college and pro). “The mobile app has really brought the sports book to the palm of your hand,” Sunset Station sports book director Chuck Esposito said. It has climbed from $2.5 billion wagered in 2009 to $3.4 billion in 2012 to $4.2 billion in 2015 to almost $5 billion last year. The handle increased for the eighth consecutive year. The win eclipsed the previous record set in 2015 by almost $17 million. Richard Brian/Las Vegas Review-Journal sports books won a record $248.7 million in 2017, a hold of 5.1 percent from a record betting handle of $4.8 billion, according to a year-end report released Wednesday by the Gaming Control Board. 2, 2018 as bettors consider all options for the Feb. The menu of Super Bowl prop bets lights up the board at the Westgate on Thursday, Jan.
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