That doesn’t sit nicely with many sports activities betting advocates there. “They’re going to go watch the sport at some sports activities bar in Kansas — Buffalo Wild Wings, no matter it may be, and inject cash into these native economies after they might be doing it right here in our state,” State Consultant Kurtis Gregory, a Republican, advised The Kansas Metropolis Star.
With an increasing number of states permitting sports activities wagering, and with the Tremendous Bowl as the most important betting attraction of the 12 months, it’s clear that authorized wagering on the sport is rising. Exact numbers are laborious to seek out as a result of not each state breaks down wagering on a game-by-game foundation.
One place that does frequently document its Tremendous Bowl betting consumption is the normal Nevada sports activities books. They took in a document $179 million in wagers on final 12 months’s recreation, the Nevada State Gaming Management Board reported. The determine broke $100 million for the primary time in 2014.
A survey by the American Gaming Affiliation, the on line casino trade commerce group, estimates that of those that will wager on the sport this 12 months, 38 p.c will wager on-line, one thing that was unlawful virtually in every single place within the nation just a few years in the past. About 34 p.c will wager with mates, and 26 p.c in a pool of some form. About 18 p.c will wager at a authorized sports activities e-book, whose numbers have ballooned together with the rise in legalized sports activities betting.
And the old-time bookie will not be lifeless but; 13 p.c will wager with one, the commerce group estimates.
Authorized betting on-line and at casinos will hit $950 million this 12 months, the group estimates, up from $159 million in 2018, with the majority of that improve brought on by the speedy unfold of retailers to wager.
Throw in all these pleasant bets and workplace swimming pools, to not point out betting with unlawful bookmakers and offshore casinos, and the commerce group says $16 billion shall be wager by 50 million whole Individuals, though these numbers are unimaginable to confirm.
And which group are most of those individuals betting on this 12 months? Bookmakers worldwide made Kansas Metropolis the early favourite over Philadelphia, by a few level, proper after the matchup was set. However cash from so-called sharp bettors, who are typically educated and wager early, flooded in on the Eagles. In a matter of hours, Philadelphia was favored by 2 to 2.5 factors.