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Super Bowl LVI Betting Smashes Records, What's Next for LVII?
Super Bowl LVI has set a new record for betting in Nevada. Sportsbooks in Las Vegas made a record-breaking $179.8 million in bets on the Bengals-Rams game. This figure surpasses the previous year's total of $136.1 million, marking a significant increase in betting activity. With an 8.6 percent stake in Sunday's game, sportsbooks were able to keep $15.4 million in their bankrolls.
Despite the impressive betting handle, sportsbooks saw a net profit of $7.8 million, down from $11.3 million last year, a 31% drop. This indicates that gamblers in the country lost less money this year than they did the previous year.
Over 80.1 million Super Bowl betting transactions took place over the weekend, a 2.26x increase from last year. Approximately 5.6 million unique accounts accessed legal online sportsbooks this weekend, a 95% increase from last year. BetMGM's sports betting app saw a record number of unique users on Sunday, with New York being the state with the most digital bets placed by BetMGM's active US states.
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