Up, Up & Away: WVU Football, Online Sports Betting Apps Drive Betting Market
A week after West Virginia sports betting set a new high for both total handle and revenue, online sports betting helped it go higher.
Chris Imperiale is currently the Managing Editor of Catena Media's US online lottery site, PlayiLottery. He used to be the Managing Editor of PlayWV, covering the sports betting and online casino industries in the Mountain State. He has a journalism degree from Rutgers University and was formerly on staff at Bleacher Report.
A week after West Virginia sports betting set a new high for both total handle and revenue, online sports betting helped it go higher.
The WVU Mountaineers football team might be poised for a big season, as they just added quarterback JT Daniels from a transfer.
It was a massive week for West Virginia sportsbooks. For the first time since February, the WV sports betting handle exceeded $4 million.
WV sportsbooks post another six-digit sports betting revenue figure. It's the return on online sports betting and WVU football that excites bettors, though.
Even though the Mountaineers endured a tough finish to the season, they’re set up well to make a run as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest region.
Nearly all of the online betting apps in WV provide some sort of free game or pool to enter on a daily basis.