31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, Play Grouping estimates
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A record 31.5 Cardinal Americans plan to bet on this year's Super Bowl, according to estimates Free Tuesday by the Play industry's General Swop Grouping.
The American Gaming Association forecasts that over $7.6 billion will be wagered on pro football's championship Crippled set for Sunday.
Both the amount of people Provision to bet (up 35% from last year) and the estimated amount of money being bet (up 78% from last year) are new records.
Bettors Admit people making casual wagers with friends or relatives, entries into Agency pools, wagers with Authorized sportsbooks, and bets placed with Hot bookmakers.
"Americans have never been more interested in legal sports wagering," Aforesaid Bill Miller, the Grouping's president and CEO. "The Emergence of legal options Crossways the country not only protects fans and the Unity of Crippleds and bets, but also puts Hot Hustlers on Notification that their time is limited."
When the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals begin the Crippled Sunday evening in the Rams home Sports stadium, 30 states plus Washington D.C. will Crack legal Play.
Since last year's Crippled, 45 Cardinal Additive people will be able to bet on the Super Bowl because their states have legalized sports Card-playing over the past year: Arizona, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
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31M Americans to bet on Super Bowl, Play Grouping estimates
The association Expected that:
— 18.2 Cardinal American adults will place Long-standing sports wagers online, at a retail sportsbook or with a Bookmaker, up 78% from 2021.
— 18.5 Cardinal plan to bet Nonchalantly with friends or as part of a pool or squares contest, up 23%. The association Aforesaid In that location is some Convergence among those two Groupings.
— 76% say it is important for themselves to bet Direct a legal Hustler, up 11% from last year.
— 55% plan to bet on the Rams, with 45% backing the Bengals. That contradicts data from Many individual legal sportsbooks that shows more bets and Absolute money being wagered on Cincinnati thus far.
FanDuel, the Administrative unit odds Supplier for The Associated Press, says 59% of Distributed bets are on Cincinnati to cover the 4-point Distributed as an underdog. Among moneyline bets that do not involve a points Distributed, 76% of bets predict the Bengals will win the Crippled Unqualified. Other sportsbooks report Mistakable breakdowns on bets received thus far.
The Super Bowl is also one of the most Unsafe Multiplication of year for people with a Play problem.
Harry Levant, a public Wellness advocate from Philadelphia and a Convalescent Play addict, is an Administrative unit with the Grouping Stop Predatory Gambling. He Aforesaid the Current wave of sports Card-playing advertising, and Many incentives to get people to bet, is Mindful of the Baccy industry's efforts to get people to Hummer and continue to do so.
He Aforesaid legal sports Card-playing is increasing a public Wellness crisis in America involving problem Play.
"One out of two people Troubled with a Play problem contemplates Felo-de-se, and one out of five will attempt Felo-de-se," he Aforesaid. "I am one of those one out of five."
Levant Aforesaid the rapid rise of in-game Card-playing feeds into a compulsive gambler's desire for more and Quicker opportunities to bet.
"No Thirster is Play limited to who's Active to win the Crippled," he Aforesaid. "Now Play is on every play. Keep them Play, keep chasing action."
There is a General help line for people with a Play problem, or who Consider they Power have one: 1-800-GAMBLER.
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