FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 16, 2022
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Reports $68 Million in Wagers
Placed on Super Bowl
HARRISBURG, PA: The
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today reported that preliminary figures show
$68,044,810 was wagered in the Commonwealth on this past weekend’s Super Bowl
through retail and online sportsbooks. That was a 27% increase over wagers
placed on the game last year.
After payouts, revenue is expected to be $4,575,339.
This was the fourth year in which legal sports wagering was
available in Pennsylvania for the Super Bowl, but just the third in which
online wagering options were available. This year, patrons could choose to
place Super Bowl wagers at 18 retail locations and through 14 online wagering
sites.
The sports wagering handle and revenue is as follows with
comparisons to wagering on the last two Super Bowls:
|
Super Bowl Handle
Retail 2022 |
$6,938,462 |
|
Super Bowl Handle
Retail 2021 |
$6,137,478 |
|
$6,728,544 |
|
|
|
|
|
Super Bowl Handle
Online 2022 |
$61,106,349 |
|
Super Bowl Handle
Online 2021 |
$47,497,202 |
|
Super Bowl Handle
Online 2020 |
$24,035,942 |
|
|
|
|
Total Super Bowl
Handle 2022 |
$68,044,810 |
|
Total Super Bowl
Handle 2021 |
$53,634,680 |
|
Total Super Bowl
Handle 2020 |
$30,693,942 |
|
Super Bowl Revenue
Retail 2022 |
$697,646 |
|
Super Bowl Revenue
Retail 2021 |
-$24,264 |
|
Super Bowl Revenue
Retail 2020 |
-$450,894 |
|
|
|
|
Super Bowl Revenue
Online 2022 |
$3,877,693 |
|
Super Bowl Revenue
Online 2021 |
$9,418,535 |
|
Super Bowl Revenue
Online 2020 |
-$2,840,675 |
|
|
|
|
Total Super Bowl
Revenue 2022 |
$4,575,339 |
|
Total Super Bowl
Revenue 2021 |
$9,394,271 |
|
Total Super Bowl
Revenue 2020 |
-$3,334,787 |
The Board also reports
that there were 413,000 unique users that logged onto online sports wagering
sites in Pennsylvania on Super Bowl Sunday based on data it obtained from
geolocation technology service GeoComply. Figures
from last year’s Super Bowl Sunday were 320,000 unique visitors to Pennsylvania
regulated sports wagering websites and 200,000 unique visitors the year before.
These figures do not include patrons who were visiting and wagering at any of
the retail sports wagering locations in the Commonwealth.
About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all
aspects of gambling involving 16 land-based casinos, online casino games,
retail and online sports wagering, and Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) at
qualified truck stops, along with the regulation of online fantasy sports
contests.
The land-based casino industry in Pennsylvania consists of six
racetrack (Category 1) casinos, five stand-alone (Category 2) casinos, two
resort (Category 3) casinos and three mini-casinos (Category 4). Casino
expansion will continue over the next couple of years with the anticipated
openings of up to two additional Category 4 casinos. A significant job
generator in the Commonwealth, casinos and the other types of Board-regulated
gaming is expected to generate over $1.8 billion in tax revenue during the
2021/2022 State Fiscal Year.
Additional information about both the PGCB’s gaming regulatory
efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at https://gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov/.
You can also follow the agency on Twitter by choosing @PAGamingControl.
MEDIA CONTACTS: Doug Harbach or
Richard McGarvey - (717) 346-8321
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PGCB, PGCB - 303 Walnut St/Strawberry Sq., 5th Fl. Commonwealth Tower,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101, United States