- DraftKings booked $130.8 million of Indiana’s August handle, well ahead of FanDuel’s $99.9 million.
- DraftKings and FanDuel combined for 62.8% of statewide handle in August, down from 65.4% a year earlier.
- Statewide taxable sports betting revenue fell to $36.6 million, down 19.5% from August 2025 despite higher handle.
- Football handle nearly tripled to $21.1 million in August, but a parlay slump pulled statewide handle down 4.4% from July.
INDIANAPOLIS – DraftKings accounted for $130.8 million of the $367.5 million in Indiana sports betting handle for August, more than any other operator, according to the Indiana Gaming Commission’s monthly revenue report. Statewide taxable sports betting revenue fell nearly 20% from a year earlier even as handle edged higher.
DraftKings, FanDuel Hold 62.8% Of Indiana Handle
DraftKings operates in Indiana under Ameristar Casino’s license in East Chicago, and the commission’s filing credits that license with $130.8 million in August handle, $130.4 million of it through the DraftKings app. FanDuel, running through Blue Chip Casino’s license in Michigan City, was second at $99.9 million. Between them, the two operators covered 62.8% of everything bettors wagered on sports in Indiana last month.
Nine of the state’s 13 casino licensees reported online handle in August, while the other four, including both Horseshoe properties, took bets only at retail counters, which leaves Indiana online sportsbooks concentrated in a smaller field than the license count suggests.
Smaller Licensees Gained The Most Ground
A year earlier, DraftKings and FanDuel combined for 65.4% of Indiana’s August handle, so their joint share narrowed by 2.6 percentage points even as both apps remain far ahead of the field. The ground they gave up went mostly to two licensees outside the top two.
French Lick Resort, which hosts both bet365 and Rush Street’s BetRivers, took in $34.9 million in August, up 32.3% from $26.4 million a year ago. Hard Rock Casino Northern Indiana, which runs its own Hard Rock Sportsbook app alongside its Gary retail book, grew 39.3%, to $11.5 million from $8.3 million.
BetMGM, operating through Belterra Casino in Florence, posted $26.9 million, up 7% from $25.2 million. Harrah’s Hoosier Park in Anderson, whose license carries Caesars Sportsbook and is still listed in the commission’s filing under the legacy WilliamHill.com web address, fell to $19.8 million from $22.8 million. Fanatics and theScore, which now share Hollywood Lawrenceburg’s license, combined for $38.9 million, up from $36.8 million when Fanatics split that license with ESPN Bet a year earlier.
Hard Rock’s own app and French Lick’s pairing of bet365 and BetRivers grew faster than any other operator in the state, while DraftKings, FanDuel and Caesars Sportsbook all lost ground and BetMGM posted a smaller gain.
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Revenue Fell 19.5% As Handle Rose 1.7%
Taxable sports wagering revenue statewide was $36.6 million in August, down 19.5% from $45.5 million in August 2025, even though statewide handle rose 1.7% year over year, to $367.5 million from $361.1 million. That left Indiana collecting $3.48 million in sports wagering tax, down from $4.32 million, or $842,041 less than the state took in from the same month last year.
Bettors wagered slightly more money in August than they did a year earlier, and the state’s sportsbooks reported markedly less revenue on it. The month’s figures land as other states post their own August online sports betting revenue reports.
Parlay Drop Outweighed Football’s Return
Handle fell 4.4% from July, when Indiana’s sportsbooks took in $384.2 million. Football wagering nearly tripled month over month, from $7.1 million in July to $21.1 million in August, with NFL preseason games and college football’s opening Saturday on the calendar, the start of the busiest stretch of the year for the best online sportsbooks that accept USA players.
A steep drop in parlay betting erased that gain, with parlay handle falling to $126.5 million from $168.4 million in July, a decline of nearly $41.9 million that outweighed every other category’s movement combined.
The commission posted the August figures on Sept. 8. Its September report, the first to cover a full month of NFL and major-conference college football games, would follow on a similar schedule in early October.
