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Sports Digest: New Jersey has its first $1 billion month in sports betting

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Over $82 million was kept by the casinos and tracks as revenue after winning bets and other expenses were paid.
New Jersey’s sports betting industry became the first in the United States to take in more than a billion dollars’ worth of bets in a single month, in September, as football season sent more gamblers to sports books and, crucially, their phones, according to figures released Monday. Figures from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement show Atlantic City’s nine casinos and the three racetracks that take sports bets collectively took $1.01 billion worth of wagers on sports last month, setting a monthly record for both the state and the nation. Of that lofty total, over $82 million was kept by the casinos and tracks as revenue after winning bets and other expenses were paid. The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, near New York City, accounted for half that total. September was a good month for New Jersey’s gambling industry overall, with total casino, internet and sports betting revenue up over 40% from a year ago, to $453.5 million. New Jersey won a U.S. Supreme Court case in 2018 clearing the way for all 50 states to offer legal sports betting, and more than half the country now allows it. Since then, New Jersey has been near or at the top of the nationwide sports betting industry. The previous national record for the most money bet on sports in a single month also came from New Jersey, which saw $996 million wagered on sports in December 2020. Coles was most recently the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who fired him in June during his third season. He replaces Kevin Long, who left the Nationals to become the hitting coach for the Philadelphia Phillies. The Grizzlies did not disclose the terms of the deal with the No.4 overall pick in the 2018 draft. ESPN reported the extension is four years for $105 million. Jackson,22, has started 117 of his 126 games in three seasons, and he has averaged 15.4 points,4.7 rebounds and 1.

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