Perhaps the biggest touchdown this September happened inside Nevada's sports books. "Football had an incredible month," said Michael Lawton, senior analyst with the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Nevada casinos won us$ 43.5 million from football, which is 13.9 percent of the us$ 313 million bettors put down on the games. That's a much higher rate than the year average - casinos typically keep 6.8 percent of the football pool.