With August reports released by Arizona regulators this week, we finally can close the book on the summer.
U.S. handle for the month was $9.077 billion, up 8% from the $7.891 billion in July. More importantly, year-over-year gains in states that were in operation at the same time last year continued to swell, increasing 28% vs. August 2023. July was up 29% compared the previous July. June was up 27%, year-over-year.
Among the states with handle of $200 million or more, Illinois was up 30% vs. last August, Tennessee was up 41%, Louisiana was up 83%, Ohio was up 45%, Maryland was up 43% and Massachusetts was up 42%.
