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Mississippi Handle Rises, Courtesy March Madness

March Madness accounted for $24.9 of $32 million of write in March

Jill R. Dorson by Jill R. Dorson
April 22, 2019
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With the NFL season completely over but basketball dominating at Mississippi sportsbooks, the state saw an increase in betting handle and hold in March. According to the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s March revenue report, Mississippi sportsbooks wrote $32.4 million in sports betting tickets and had a 15 percent hold, resulting in $2.5 million in taxable revenue, all of which were big reversals compared to February.

March Madness was a key driver in March, creating enough excitement that bettors placed $24.9 million in basketball bets, the most on basketball since sports betting started last summer. Parlays collectively were a distant second in terms of handle with $4.28 million bet, followed by “other” at $2.33 bet and baseball at $700,000.

In February, Mississippi was among the states that took a loss on the Super Bowl, and handle was $25.1 million, the lowest since football season started. After bringing in $9.8 million in handle in August, when sports betting launched, Mississippi sportsbooks have had a handle of $31.8 million (September) or great for six of the last seven months. Yet…

Mississippi still missing mobile component

Of the six states that currently offer legal sports betting, Mississippi and Delaware are the only two that haven’t legalized mobile sports betting, which has proven to be the real driving in betting handle. Mississippi lawmakers let mobile sports betting legislation die in committee in March.

New Jersey is currently the only state outside of Nevada with an active mobile landscape, and according to state revenue reports, mobile sports betting accounts for up to 80 percent of revenue.

In other words Mississippi, hasn’t yet sniffed the market’s full potential.

Pennsylvania is expected to launch its first online sportsbook in late April or early May, while Delaware North launched online sports betting in West Virginia in December, only to shut it down due to a contract dispute in March. Rhode Island legalized mobile sports betting in March, and is expected to launch by football season.

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According to revenue numbers provided by the Mississippi Gaming Commission, the Coastal Region, home to about half of the state’s sportsbooks along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, had a 13.77 percent hold overall, and 13.35 percent for basketball.

Unlike Delaware and New Jersey, which use cash accounting systems, where futures bets are included in handle, Mississippi is using an accrual system like Nevada does, and futures bets are held out of the total.

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Jill R. Dorson

Jill R. Dorson

Jill has covered everything from steeplechase to the NFL and then some during a more than 30-year career in sports journalism. The highlight of her career was covering Oakland Raiders during the Charles Woodson/Jon Gruden era, including the infamous “Snow Bowl” and the Raiders’ 2003 trip to Super Bowl XXXVII. Her specialty these days is covering sports betting legislation across the country. You can reach Jill at [email protected]

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