All About Missouri Sports Betting Handle And Revenue

By Jim Tomlin

@jdtomlin68

February 27, 2026 09:44am

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, January vs. December

The second month of Missouri sports betting saw double digit declines month-over-month across the Show-Me State when it came to total and mobile handle, as well as tax revenue.  

Overall, Missouri’s total sports betting handle finished up January at $385,138,868, down 29.1% from December ($543,039,131, online sportsbooks market launched Dec. 1). On top of that, January’s mobile sports betting handle in Missouri wrapped up at $380,412,198, down 29.4% from December ($538,881,520).  

January’s total revenue (total taxable AGR) in Missouri was $-6,703,556; up 67.7% from the -$20,758,443 generated during the state’s opening month of watering activity in December.  

Despite that revenue gain, January’s total sports betting state tax finished up at $137,873, down 73.5% from December ($521,201).  

When broken down by total handle, January’s top sports betting operators in Missouri were DraftKings Sportsbook ($144,392,172), FanDuel Sportsbook ($125,697,272), bet365 ($34,032,786), BetMGM ($$32,955,678), Fanatics Sportsbook ($21,034,034), Caesars Sportsbook ($14,053,351), Penn Interactive ($6,722,818) and Circa ($1,524,091). 

Missouri Mobile Sports Betting History