Oregon Lottery sets betting handle record in August
| By Aaron Noy
Oregon’s SBTech-powered betting app scoreboard took in revenue of $1.7m, up 6.6%, in August, and set a new record for turnover at $25.8m, up 83.8%.
The number of active players grew by 40.6% to 17,293 as 2,690 new customers registered, up 85.0% from the 1,454 who registered for Scoreboard in July.
Across all users, the average spend for the month was $31.31 per player, down 11.8% from July.
Thanks to the return of the National Basketball Association (NBA) on July 30, basketball took back the top spot in betting handle, with 14,925 players (up 119.1%) staking $14.0m, up 449.8% month-over-month.