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The Week In Sports Betting News: Super Bowl Reaches New Legal High

Happy Tuesday, everyone. Sports betting news was largely Super Bowl-focused last week, with legislative issues sprinkled into the back half of the week. The LSR Podcast focused on a bit of both in the most recent episode, including a breakdown of the most legally bet Super Bowl yet. Make sure to follow @LSPReport on Twitter […] Read More

Posted on: February 16, 2021 | | Matthew Waters

Kambi: Super Bowl Betting Outage Caused By A Single Market

It’s among a sportsbook’s worst nightmares: having its tech sputter and eventually fail during a gigantic betting event like the Super Bowl. Unfortunately for Barstool Sportsbook, BetRivers and DraftKings Sportsbook, that was exactly the case Sunday – and it was an outside vendor who took the blame. The issue was on platform and technology provider […] Read More

Posted on: February 10, 2021 | | Matthew Waters

Legal Super Bowl Betting Handle Already Tops Last Year’s Total

We’re still waiting on more states to report, but legal Super Bowl betting already topped 2020‘s total. So far, handle from 16 states plus Washington DC reporting full or preliminary results on Super Bowl 55 totaled $486.4 million. Legal betting states reported more than $280 million in handle last year with the full US estimated around $300 […] Read More

Posted on: February 9, 2021 | | Matthew Waters

GeoComply Data Show Legal Online Sports Betting Transactions Triple For Super Bowl

Online sports betting data from GeoComply shows more than triple the action on Super Bowl weekend compared to last year. Online transactions topped 32 million over Saturday and Sunday, up 236% from 9.5 million in 2020. That figure includes all legal online sports betting markets, of which there were an additional seven this year: Colorado […] Read More

Posted on: February 8, 2021 | | Matthew Waters