It’s the morning after the first night of legal single-game wagering on the National Football League outside Nevada, and there’s no shortage of sports betting news that needs to be updated. Read on…

On Thursday, the Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) announced that the first month of legal wagering at the state’s land-based casinos produced betting turnover of $9.8m. The state launched its legal betting market on August 1 and there are now no less than 19 land-based wagering options available to local bettors.

MGC exec director Allen Godfrey told the Daily Journal that the results “seem like positive numbers,” although it pales in comparison to the $40.7m that New Jersey’s licensed betting operators took in July, and there were far fewer operators authorized to take those bets at the time. However, Mississippi’s population is only one-third of New Jersey’s, so we’ll cut them some slack.

The Delaware Lottery reported this week that the state’s legal betting market handled wagers totaling $7.7m in August, representing a 6% decline from July’s result, suggesting that a lot of Delaware bettors really miss July’s 2018 FIFA World Cup action. Of the state’s three licensed betting operators, Delaware Park accounted for over two-thirds of August’s handle.