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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Nearly 68 cardinal American adults - astir 1 successful 4 - program to stake connected this year's Super Bowl, mounting a grounds by a wide margin, according to the gambling industry's National Trade Association.
Figures released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association see bets placed with ineligible outlets, arsenic good arsenic with amerciable bookies and online operations successful different countries.
The measurement of betting information is projected to beryllium 35% higher than past year, which was the erstwhile record.
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Bettors program to wager an estimated $23.1 cardinal connected this year's Super Bowl, up from $16 cardinal past year, the radical predicted.
Of that, astir $1.5 cardinal is projected to beryllium stake with ineligible outlets, the radical said, citing statement estimates from assorted sources. That is successful the aforesaid ballpark arsenic the $1.25 cardinal successful ineligible bets projected by Irvine, California-based probe steadfast Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.
Sports betting is ineligible successful 38 states positive Washington, D.C.
"There's a bully accidental that each Super Bowl for the adjacent 10 oregon truthful years volition beryllium the astir stake Super Bowl acknowledgment to the underlying maturation of regulated sports betting successful the U.S.," said gambling expert Chris Grove, a spouse astatine Eilers & Krejcik Gaming.
Sunday's crippled volition diagnostic the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers successful a uncommon rematch from 4 years ago.
The 49ers are favored by 2.5 points, meaning they would person to triumph the crippled by 3 oregon much points for bets connected them to beryllium winners. Conversely, if the Chiefs win, oregon if they suffer by nary much than 2 points, bets connected Kansas City would win. Those likelihood are from FanDuel Sportsbook, the authoritative likelihood supplier for The Associated Press.
The romance betwixt Chiefs prima choky extremity Travis Kelce and popular superstar Taylor Swift mightiness beryllium helping thrust involvement successful this Super Bowl. About 73% of adults accidental they program to ticker the crippled this year, astir 10% higher than successful caller erstwhile years.
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"I deliberation the 'Taylor Swift effect' volition beryllium much evidently felt successful presumption of the full fig of radical watching and betting connected the crippled than it volition beryllium successful the full dollars stake connected the game," Grove said. "But there's small uncertainty that sportsbooks volition beryllium seeing Swifties motion up that different would not person fixed sports betting a 2nd thought."
Likewise, Cait DeBaun, a vice president with the American Gaming Association, said Swift could beryllium 1 of respective reasons for accrued betting connected this year's Super Bowl, on with "the compelling matchup," the crippled being held successful Las Vegas, the nation's betting capital, and the increasing availability of ineligible sports betting successful the U.S.
The largest radical successful the survey - 42.7 cardinal adults - plans to spot a wager online (legally oregon illegally), astatine a retail sportsbook oregon with an amerciable bookie, an summation of 41% from past year.
About 36.5 cardinal adults program to stake casually with friends, oregon arsenic portion of a excavation oregon squares contest, up 32% from past year.
Bettors are astir divided connected the result of the game, with 47% readying to stake connected the Kansas City Chiefs and 44% readying to stake connected the San Francisco 49ers, according to the association's survey conducted Jan. 30 done Feb. 1 of a nationalist illustration of 2,204 adults. The survey has a borderline of mistake of positive oregon minus 2 percent points.
Eilers & Krejcik forecasts that astir 13% of wealth stake with ineligible sportsbooks volition travel from Nevada, wherever the crippled volition beryllium played. That is followed by New York (12.4%), New Jersey (9.6%); Pennsylvania (7.4%), Illinois (7.3%); Ohio (7%) and Arizona (5.6%). Other states are projected to relationship for 3.6% oregon little individually.
About 10% to 15% of ineligible bets volition beryllium made unrecorded aft the crippled already has begun, the institution predicted.
Brian Becker, elder vice president of Tipico Sportsbook, is among galore gambling manufacture executives who foretell a record-breaking betting level connected this year's Super Bowl.
"The game-watching acquisition has go much immersive than ever before," helium said. "As we attack Super Bowl Sunday, we besides expect the festivities successful Las Vegas to person a ripple effect crossed the state and entice much fans to spot bets than successful years past with the microscope of media and advertizing connected Vegas culture."
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