Colorado produced total sports betting handle of US$494.4m in March, a 16.3 per cent increase on February’s efforts.

Colorado Division of Gaming

However, the figure translated to a 2.21 per cent drop year-on-year.

The Colorado Division of Gaming added that sports betting taxes for March were $3.1m, a 146.79 per cent increase from February.

Basketball and NCAA Basketball were the most popular sports in Colorado in March, pulling in $193m and $94.3m in handle across both online and retail, respectively.