New Jersey sportsbooks hit another record-breaking month in bets.

Byline: Daniel J. Munoz

New Jersey's 19 sportsbooks hit another record last month with its sports handle, with gamblers betting close to half a billion dollars, according to numbers released Thursday by the Division of Gaming Enforcement.

Patrons threw down $448 million in October, according to the DGE, putting most of their money behind Major League Baseball's World Series, and the football, basketball and hockey seasons.

In September, bettors wagered $445 million also a monthly record data shows.

That marks $3.4 billion that patrons have bet since January at the state's 10 in-person sportsbooks, located at two racetracks and eight casinos, and nine online and mobile sportsbooks.

Within five years, New Jersey will be the Mecca of sports and online gambling.

- Former state Sen. Ray Lesniak

"I now change my prediction that New Jersey will be the Silicon Valley of online gaming. New Jersey already has reached that goal. Within five years, New Jersey will be the Mecca of sports and online gambling," former state Sen. Ray Lesniak, who sponsored several bills over the years to legalize sports betting in the state, said...

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