{"id":119621,"date":"2019-11-12T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T07:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=119621"},"modified":"2019-11-13T09:55:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:55:34","slug":"iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. That represents a nearly 21 percent increase from the wagers the month before, according to data released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC).<\/p>\n

\"\"
The DraftKings sportsbook at the Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson, Iowa, was one of three sportsbooks to open in Iowa last month. (Image:RacoonValleyRadio.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From that, the 18 books at state licensed casinos reported net receipts of $5.7 million. That generated $381,379 in taxes for the state. Those figures represented increases of about $700,000 and more than $46,800, respectively, from September’s totals in the state<\/a>.<\/p>\n

September\u2019s figures include three sportsbooks that opened in October. Wild Rose casinos in Clinton, Emmetsburg, and Jefferson reported a combined handle of nearly $390,000 after DraftKings opened a retail book at each casino.<\/p>\n

Since sports betting became legal in Iowa on Aug. 15, the sportsbooks have reported a handle of $93.6 million, net revenue of $7.7 million, and $861,846 in state taxes.<\/p>\n

More Bets Made Online in October<\/h2>\n

Online betting accounted for $25.9 million of the action in October, and the seven books that offer mobile reported net earnings of $2.7 million.<\/p>\n

Again, Prairie Meadows<\/a> handled the lion\u2019s share of the mobile bets. The racino on the outskirts of Des Moines, which hosts a William Hill sportsbook, reported an online handle of $16.3 million last month and $1.5 million in revenue.<\/p>\n

\n

Of the $35.8 million in bets William Hill has taken at Prairie Meadows since it opened in mid-August, $31.5 million in wagers have been placed online. Prairie Meadows has generated $253,394 in taxes, representing nearly 30 percent of all taxes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Other online sportsbooks that topped seven figures in handle for October were the Isle Casino Hotel\u00a0 Waterloo, which accepted $3.5 million in mobile bets; the Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, which took $2.7 million in wagers; and the Isle of Capri Bettendorf, which handled $1.3 million.<\/p>\n

Like Prairie Meadows, William Hill operates the Isle casinos retail and mobile sportsbooks. Riverside is owned by Elite Casino Resorts, which uses Bet.Works to manage its online application.<\/p>\n

Unlike most states that offer online sports betting, Iowa stipulates that bettors must register for an online account in-person at the affiliated casino. That provision ends in January 2021.<\/p>\n

Retail Sportsbooks Strong in Council Bluffs<\/h2>\n

When it comes to retail sportsbooks in Iowa, those nearest the state line are typically faring better.<\/p>\n

\n

Two Council Bluffs casinos, located across the state line from Omaha, Neb., handled at least $3 million in bets last month. The Ameristar II casino reported a handle of $3.7 million, while Horseshoe Casino announced a $3 million handle.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Diamond Jo Worth, which is located less than four miles from the Minnesota state line, accepted $3.2 million in wagers for September.<\/p>\n

The Ameristar II\u2019s brick-and-mortar establishment has registered the largest handle, with nearly $8.9 million in bets placed since Aug. 15. Horseshoe has handled $5.8 million, while Diamond Jo Worth reported $5.6 million.<\/p>\n

While the online handle exceeds the retail handle by a $51.4 million to $42.2 million margin since Aug. 15, the retail books have generated more revenue, $7.7 million, than the mobile apps ($5.1 million).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. That represents a nearly 21 percent increase from the wagers the month before, according to data released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC). From that, the 18 books at state licensed casinos reported net receipts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":119622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13592,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. Of that, nearly $26 million was bet online.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. Of that, nearly $26 million was bet online.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-13T07:39:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-13T17:55:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"4585\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"3171\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Steve Bittenbender\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/\",\"name\":\"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-13T07:39:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-13T17:55:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2\"},\"description\":\"Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. Of that, nearly $26 million was bet online.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg\",\"width\":4585,\"height\":3171,\"caption\":\"(Image:RacoonValleyRadio.com)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sports Betting\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2\",\"name\":\"Steve Bittenbender\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Steve Bittenbender\"},\"description\":\"Steve Bittenbender covers Midwest and Gulport news for Casino.org. He also specializes in sports betting and horse racing. Steve is a veteran reporter and brings more than two decades of experience covering sports, business and politics. He joined Casino.org in 2019. Steve has also covered major collegiate and professional sports for the Associated Press and the Louisville Courier-Journal and is frequently featured on local network TV newscasts and podcasts for his horse racing business and legislative expertise. A Reuters contributor, he has also previously served as editor for Government Security News. Steve lives in Louisville, Kentucky -- the epicenter of the US horse racing industry -- with his wife and son. He is also an avid poker player, having learned from his uncle as a wholesome after-school pastime with cookies and milk. Contact Steve at stevebittenbender@casino.org.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/steve-bittenbender\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September","description":"Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. Of that, nearly $26 million was bet online.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September","og_description":"Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. Of that, nearly $26 million was bet online.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2019-11-13T07:39:09+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-11-13T17:55:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":4585,"height":3171,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Steve Bittenbender","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Steve Bittenbender","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/","name":"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg","datePublished":"2019-11-13T07:39:09+00:00","dateModified":"2019-11-13T17:55:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2"},"description":"Iowa\u2019s sportsbooks took in $46.5 million in bets for October, its second full month for legal sports betting. Of that, nearly $26 million was bet online.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Sportsbetting-in-Coaches.jpg","width":4585,"height":3171,"caption":"(Image:RacoonValleyRadio.com)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/iowa-sports-betting-handle-in-october-up-21-percent-from-september\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sports Betting","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Iowa Sports Betting Handle in October Up 21 Percent From September"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/eb30e765d812fc9b38b333f8d13068b2","name":"Steve Bittenbender","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-7-1-96x96.png","caption":"Steve Bittenbender"},"description":"Steve Bittenbender covers Midwest and Gulport news for Casino.org. He also specializes in sports betting and horse racing. Steve is a veteran reporter and brings more than two decades of experience covering sports, business and politics. He joined Casino.org in 2019. Steve has also covered major collegiate and professional sports for the Associated Press and the Louisville Courier-Journal and is frequently featured on local network TV newscasts and podcasts for his horse racing business and legislative expertise. A Reuters contributor, he has also previously served as editor for Government Security News. Steve lives in Louisville, Kentucky -- the epicenter of the US horse racing industry -- with his wife and son. He is also an avid poker player, having learned from his uncle as a wholesome after-school pastime with cookies and milk. Contact Steve at stevebittenbender@casino.org.","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/steve-bittenbender\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}