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Record haul for Nevada sports books in September (aka, why you should put down the parlay cards)

The $571 million bet on sports in Nevada last month was the highest amount since the state began tracking the total handle in 1984.

The strong numbers could put a dent in the argument that expansion of legalized sports betting would put a dent in Nevada’s sports betting industry. Instead, it may have increased interest. Time will tell.

Depending on how you look at it, the books won (or bettors lost) $56.3 million, also a record, with football accounting for $44.34 million of that.

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As Dave Tuley points out in the story, and Brent pointed out to Jimmy Vaccaro multiple times later Tuesday, the books kept 60 percent of the money bet on parlay cards.

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Numbers will only get bigger over time in my opinion with the betting Apps and the introduction to many new players to the sportsbetting world with philosophies and laws changing