- Mobile accounted for 71.7% of Nevada’s $712.4 million September handle, the highest September share since at least 2020.
- Bets at sportsbook counters fell 22.3% to $201.8 million, while mobile slipped just 3.9%.
- Baseball handle rose 9.3% to $155.5 million, while football and basketball drew fewer bets.
LAS VEGAS – Nevada’s sportsbook counters are slowly giving way to phones. The Nevada Gaming Control Board’s September report shows bettors placed $510.8 million in mobile wagers, or 71.7% of the state’s $712.4 million handle. That’s up from 67.2% last September and 54.9% in September 2020.
August pushed the trend even further, with mobile reaching 80.3% of handle. But Nevada sports betting still has ground to make up on the rest of the country. In Illinois, 98.5% of August’s completed bets came through online sportsbooks.
Most of September’s shift came at the counters. Retail handle fell 22.3% to $201.8 million, its lowest September since at least 2020, while mobile handle slipped 3.9%. Overall, Nevada’s handle dropped 10% from $791.3 million last September.
Still, legal sportsbooks won $54.1 million, nearly matching last year’s $54.3 million, as hold climbed from 6.9% to 7.6%. The counters actually won more, rising 6.3% to $23.1 million, while mobile win fell 4.9% to $31 million.
With the MLB regular season winding down, Nevada sportsbooks took $155.5 million in MLB bets and other baseball leagues, up 9.3% from $142.3 million last September. Sportsbooks won $9.6 million, up 3.6%, on a 6.2% hold.
