New York smashes sports betting revenue and handle records in January
| By Robert Fletcher
Players in New York spent a record amount betting on sports online in New York in January, while the state also set a new monthly revenue record.
Handle for the month amounted to $1.79bn, surpassing the previous record of $1.67bn set in the same month last year, although the January 2022 figure only included part of the month as legal sports betting did not launch in the state until 8 January.
The January 2023 figure was also 10.2% higher than the $1.62bn recorded in the final month of 2022.