Over $181 Million Was Wagered On Sports In Colorado In July According To Division Of Gaming – CBS Denver

(CBS4)- The Colorado Division of Gaming has launched the numbers on July’s sports activities betting within the state and it confirmed a 206% enhance over the numbers in the identical month in 2020.

In accordance with the CDG, the entire deal with, or sum of money wagered by bettors, in July 2021 was $181,327,994 in contrast with $59,186,619 in July of 2020. Nevertheless, the entire deal with in July was a 21% lower from the sum of money wagered in June this 12 months. The CDG studies that the state collected $999,110 in taxes from sports activities betting wagers within the month of July.

Yency Almonte and Dom Nunez of the Colorado Rockies have a good time a 9-3 win towards the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Subject on July 8. (Picture by Norm Corridor/Getty Photographs)

Baseball was essentially the most wagered upon sport in July with $61 million in bets positioned with basketball second at 27%. Soccer was third with $13 million in wagers and tennis fourth at $12 million. Surprisingly, desk tennis rounded out the highest 5 with $8 million in wagers positioned.

Almost the entire wagers have been positioned by cellular betting websites with the CDG reporting that 99% of wagers have been made on-line and only one% have been made in retail areas.

The July 2021 Sports activities Betting Month-to-month Proceeds report could be seen on the Division of Gaming’s web site at sbg.colorado.gov/sports-betting-monthly-proceeds-reports.