All About Missouri Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

By Thomas Leary

@thelearythomas

June 1, 2026 10:16am

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, April vs. March

Missouri’s sports betting handle came back to earth in April after a March Madness–fueled surge the prior month. Overall, April’s total sports betting handle in Missouri was $273,397,863, down 17.0% from March ($329,355,588), according to figures that the Missouri Gaming Commission reported on May 15. The state’s mobile sports betting handle for April was $269,884,804, a 16.7% decline from March’s $324,060,170.

Despite the expected drop in wagering volume, operators maintained strong margins. The total taxable adjusted gross revenue (AGR) in Missouri during April was $20,284,270, down just 2.3% from March ($20,757,550). Mobile operators posted $19,948,207 in AGR, a modest 2.1% decrease from March’s $20,378,902. The hold percentage improved from roughly 6.3% in March to 7.4% in April, suggesting that promotional spending continued to decline a few months post-launch.

April marked the third consecutive month of positive revenue for the state, reinforcing that Missouri’s market has moved past the promo-heavy launch period that dragged December and January figures into the red. Revenue has now stabilized around $20M per month.

Missouri’s total sports betting state tax was $2,028,427 in April, down 7.0% from March ($2,178,985). Online sportsbooks contributed $1,994,821 in April, a 6.5% decrease from the $2,133,167 collected in March.

April’s top mobile sports betting handle by provider saw DraftKings Missouri Sportsbook retain the top spot at $102,547,818. The other seven operators had handle figures as follows: FanDuel ($88,496,277), Fanatics ($22,900,472), Bet365 ($22,182,015), BetMGM ($18,072,907), Caesars Sportsbook ($9,084,564), Penn Sports Interactive ($5,006,048), and Circa Sports ($1,594,705).

Missouri Mobile Sports Betting History