Nearly $184 million was bet on sports in September at New Jersey sportsbooks, doubling the state’s year-to-date betting handle in the first month of the football regular season.
Football accounted for $88.6 million of the amount wagered in September, with $104.9 million of all bets being placed online, according to revenue numbers released Friday by New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. New Jersey sportsbooks won a net $24.0 million overall in September, including $9.4 million coming from football.