September’s $690.4 million in total betting volume was 82.3% above August’s handle and the most since $737.2 million in March.
On a smaller scale, online and retail sportsbooks across the board benefited from the first month of packed football action since legal sports betting became possible in Ohio in January. It took $261.4 million in online bets compared to FanDuel’s $207.8 million, and between them that amounted to a top-heavy market share of 70.2% for the duo. Their combined statewide domination wasn’t much different in terms of September betting handle, although DraftKings had a somewhat bigger edge on its competitor there. Between them, the two leading operators claimed nearly 72% of September’s online revenue in the state. DraftKings and FanDuel compete closely in many states, but it would hard for the mobile sportsbook titans’ rivalry to be any tighter than it was in Ohio in September.įrom a total of $79.4 million in revenue claimed by 20 mobile operators last month, FanDuel took $28,481,818 and DraftKings $28,461,587, according to monthly data released Tuesday by the Ohio Casino Control Commission.
