All About Missouri Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

By Christopher Boan

@cgboan

April 30, 2026 10:15am

The experts at BetMissouri.com have assembled this guide to explain what we mean when we talk about Missouri sports betting revenue and sportsbook handle that the state reports each month.

There is an active market with many online or mobile operators as well as a growing number of Missouri sports betting options at brick-and-mortar riverboat casinos and various retail sportsbooks in the Show-Me State.

From the time legal sports betting launched in December 2025 through today, legal, regulated sports bets were placed exclusively with online sportsbooks. Since then, physical casinos have begun taking retail wagers on sports, albeit in much smaller numbers.

The maximum number of Missouri sportsbooks is set at 33, between retail and mobile operators. That’s what was set in the language of Amendment 2, which voters passed in 2024 by a final count of 1,478,652 votes in favor to 1,475,691 in opposition.

The eight legal, regulated mobile sports betting operators in the Show-Me State include national goliaths such as DraftKings Sportsbook, FanDuel Sportsbook, Caesars Sportsbook and BetMGM. Rising brands such as bet365, Fanatics Sportsbook, theScore Bet and Circa Sports are also licensed in the state. Sports bettors wager hundreds of millions of dollars monthly, often after using Missouri sports betting promos.

Missouri customers showed up en masse during the opening week of wagering in early December 2025. According to geolocation firm GeoComply, more than 250,000 active users had accounts and there were 2.6 million geolocation checks statewide in that week.

The maximum number of Missouri sports betting apps operators is set at 14, per Amendment 2’s language, though regulators in Missouri have yet to reach that benchmark.

Missouri Sports Betting, March vs. February

The first March Madness with legalized Missouri sports betting delivered strong returns, with double- to triple-digit percentage gains across the board.

Overall, March’s total sports betting handle in Missouri was $329,355,588, up 18.9% from February ($277,005,418), according to figures that the Missouri Gaming Commission reported on April 30. The state’s mobile sports betting handle, or wagers accepted, for the third month of 2026 was $324,060,170, an 18.6% increase over February’s $273,285,304.

The total taxable adjusted gross revenue (AGR) in Missouri during March was $20,757,550, up 101.5% from February ($10,301,007). Mobile operators also doubled revenue in a month-over-month comparison, with that category of AGR rising 100.5% from $10,163,660 in February to $20,378,902 last month.

Those were the first two positive revenue months for the state, as December and January figures were tampered by promotional spending. Now promo spending has dropped a few months post-launch and revenue figures are healthy, following a pattern that several other states set during their first few months of a legal sportsbook launch.

That surge in wagering revenue meant that Missouri’s total sports betting state tax was $2,178,985 in March, 79.4% higher than February ($1,214,627). Online sportsbooks contributed $2,133,167 in March, a 79.9% spike from $1,185,404 in the previous month.

March’s top mobile sports betting handle by provider saw DraftKings Missouri Sportsbook take the top spot, at $118,565,365. The other seven operators had handle figures as follows: FanDuel ($107,383,969), Bet365 ($27,196,267), Fanatics ($26,467,728), BetMGM ($23,849,790), Caesars Sportsbook ($12,618,777), Penn Sports Interactive ($6,091,437) and Circa Sports ($1,886,836).

Missouri Mobile Sports Betting History