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New Hampshire set a new monthly sports betting handle record of $99.5m (£74.2m/€89.1m) in January, while the state’s revenue also reached an all-time high of $8.0m.

Player spending on sports wagering in January was 66.4% higher than $59.8m in the same month last year, as well as 15.2% more than $86.4m in the final month of 2021.

The January total also narrowly surpassed the previous state record of $98.2m that was set in October last year.

DraftKings’ mobile sportsbook again accounted for the majority of wagers placed during the month, with players spending $81.6m online. The remaining $18.0m was wagered at the operator’s three retail betting facilities across the state.

Turning to gaming revenue, after winnings were paid out to players, and this amounted to $8.0m, a 90.5% increase from $4.2m in January of last year and 207.7% up from $2.6m in December 2021.

This also comfortably surpassed the existing monthly record of $6.2m set in November 2021.

A total of $7.1m of this was gen..

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Players in Mississippi wagered a total of $66.5m (£44.5m/€53.3m) on sports in January, down slightly year-on-year, while monthly revenue also declined.

The state’s handle was down 0.9% from $67.1m in January of 2021, though the January total was up 17.1% month-on-month from $56.8m recorded in December of last year.

Revenue for the month was also down 28.6% year-on-year from $9.1m to $6.5m, but this was more than double the amount posted in the final month of 2021 when the state reported $3.2m in revenue for December.

Breaking down the monthly performance, coastal casinos remained the sports wagering venue of choice for consumers in January, with $45.7m in total bet at these casinos, while revenue amounted to $3.1m.

Football betting drew $17.5m in wagers at coastal casinos during the month, just ahead of basketball on $17.3m. Baseball wagering was just $2,953, while parlay betting hit $4.1m and other sports $6.9m.

Wagering and northern casinos reached $10.9m and revenue $1.6m, with..

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Player spending on sports betting in Delaware fell 28.2% year-on-year to $8.4m (£6.2m/ in January, while the state also reported a 55.6% drop in revenue for the month.

Delaware’s handle was down from $11.7m in January last year, the second highest monthly total for all of 2021, behind the $12.2m spent in October.

However, the January 2022 figure was up 12.0% month-on-month from the $7.5m wagered in December of last year.

Revenue also dropped sharply year-on-year from a year-high of $1.7m in January of 2021 to $765,092, though this was up 157.8% month-on-month from $296,809 in December of last year.

Players won a total of $765,092 from sports betting in January, placing 228,828 wagers in the process.

Delaware Park was the state’s leading operator during the month, posting $391,335 in total revenue from $4.2m in player wagers.

Dover Downs ranked record with $214,703 in revenue and a monthly handle of $2.3m, then Harrington Raceway on $159,054 in revenue from $1.8m in consumers bets..

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