Nevada’s sportsbooks handled a total of $4.3 billion for 2020, including $588.4 million in sports wagers in December, according to state of Nevada Gaming Control Board numbers.
Take a look at the date supplied by Michael Lawton, senior research analyst for the state agency that regulates sports betting. You will notice the annual handle of $4.3 billion is a drop from the 2019 number of $5.3 billion in light of the pandemic knocking out chunks of the sports scene.
Dave Tuley, who does a nice job on following the beting numbers for VSiN, reported the Top 5 betting states for 2020:
Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com.
Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle.
In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com.
After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent.
Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
