William Hill<\/a> officially launched its mobile application one day after its opened four sportsbooks across the state. At Prairie Meadows, internet betting accounted for nearly $2.3 million \u2013 or 66.8 percent \u2013 of the total handle.<\/p>\nThree other casinos reported a mobile sports betting share of at least 58.6 percent of the total handle.<\/p>\n
In addition to William Hill, the Elite Sportsbook app was launched at Grand Falls Casino Resort, Rhythm City Casino, and the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort. All three properties are owned by Elite Casino Resorts, which is working with Bet.Works on its mobile application.<\/p>\n
While the initial numbers are strong for mobile in Iowa, don\u2019t expect any new applications to roll out in the near future.<\/p>\n
The commission does not have any outstanding requests for mobile platforms at this time,\u201d Ohorilko said. \u201cIt seems that all that have wanted to launch have been able to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Iowa\u2019s sports betting law requires anyone who wants to set up a mobile account to register in person at the casino. That requirement expires on Jan. 1, 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sports betting in Iowa generated nearly $146,000 in state tax revenue in August. That\u2019s according to figures released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) late last week. The initial report paints an incomplete picture for a couple of reasons. For starters, the first sports bets did not get placed until Aug. 15. Second, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":115132,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Iowa Sports Betting Enjoys Strong Start in Both Retail and Online<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n