Maryland generated $6.5bn in sports betting handle in 2025, according to the tracker. Its latest reported monthly figures were for September 2025, and lifetime handle totalled $16,844,964,223.
The handle figure helps operators and regulators assess Maryland’s online and retail sports betting activity.
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Maryland Lottery and Gaming has made its eLicensing system available to businesses and individuals pursuing Class B facility or mobile sports wagering licences. Applicants must submit information and documents and pay an initial investigative cost; the separate SWARC application is also required, and SWARC assesses whether awarding a licence serves the public interest.
Oddin.gg said it received a sports betting vendor licence in Maryland. The company described it as its seventh North American licence and said it would add to its existing market access in Arizona, New Jersey, Colorado, West Virginia, Ohio and Ontario.
Colorado's Division of Gaming reported more than $47 million in sports betting taxes for fiscal 2025-26 and $3.5 billion in wagers through July. Gambling-harm advocates cited financial risks, while Sports Betting Alliance president Joe Maloney said regulated betting gives customers an alternative to illegal offshore sites. Governor Jared Polis signed a law in 2026 introducing deposit limits and a credit card ban.
North Carolina sports betting handle rose 5% year on year to $718.2 million in September, reportedly reaching its highest level in six months.
North Carolina's sports betting handle reached $718.2 million in September, a rise of 5 per cent compared with the same month a year earlier. The month ranked as the state's strongest in half a year.
New York sports bettors wagered more than $2.4bn in September, up 5% from September 2025, according to the New York State Gaming Commission. Handle for the first six months of the state's 2026/2027 fiscal year reached nearly $12.6bn, up 6.9% year on year, while sportsbook revenue fell 5.8% to $1.1bn. Prediction-market platforms dispute the gaming industry's claim that their trading diverts business from state-regulated sportsbooks.
New York sports bettors wagered more than $2.4bn in September, the New York State Gaming Commission reported. That was 5% more than in September 2025, an increase of nearly $114m in wagers.