September success for online and retail sportsbooks in Pennsylvania

Online and retail sportsbooks in the eastern American state of Pennsylvania reportedly had a profitable September after seeing their aggregated volume rise by 25.1% year-on-year to hit nearly $578.8 million.

According to a Wednesday report from PlayPennsylvania.com citing official information from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, this tally represented the second highest since sportsbetting went live in ‘The Keystone State’ and equated to a swell of 66.1% when compared with the previous month’s $348.5 million reckoning. The source detailed that the spike was helped by the start of the latest National Football League (NFL) season and saw associated gross revenues achieve the almost all-time high of $48.1 million, which was just short of January’s $49.3 million record.…