Record-Breaking Bets On Super Bowl 2024
According to the gambling industry’s National Trade Association, nearly 68 million American adults (about 1 in 4) bet on last night’s Super Bowl LVIII (58), setting an all-time record by an incredibly wide margin.
In a report released days before the big game, the American Gaming Association tallied bets made by legal outlets, illegal bookies, and online bets outside the U.S. and found that bettors planned to wager roughly $23.1 billion on the Super Bowl; nearly $16 billion higher than last year.
Of this year’s record-breaking bets, only $1.5 billion is estimated to have been placed legally. This means that nearly 95% of all bets made on last night’s game came from illegal or unregulated…