{"id":3269,"date":"2020-02-07T12:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T12:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:05:33","slug":"sports-betting-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sports-betting-us","title":{"rendered":"Sports betting in the US reaches US$13bn mark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The sports betting segment in the US doubled its previous legal sports bets record from 2018 and totalled US$13 billion during last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

US.- The industry has evolved substantially in the past months and continues to do so. The segment in the US has reached a major growth in total legal wagers, recent data shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Gaming Association (AGA) revealed legal bets totalled US$13 billion in 2019. That amount is nearly double the US$6.6 billion recorded back in 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the association, 59% of total sports wagers in 2019 happened outside Nevada. That\u2019s a clear sign of the evolution of the sports betting industry in the US since PASPA was revoked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The segment\u2019s impact in the US<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sports wagering has proven a successful industry ever since PASPA was revoked. However, a particular player may be set to take a bigger role<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in the ever-growing market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, NBC launched an app to predict football game outcomes, similar to sports betting. According to Dan Pozner, director of sports betting content, 1 million users later, they are considering a further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe launched NBC Sports Predictor after looking at our partners in the U.K. in Sky Sports. The success they\u2019ve had with Sky Sports Super 6 used for the Premier League,\u201d Pozner said. \u201cMillions of people play Super 6 every weekend. So, we thought it would be a great way to complement our Premier League rights in the U.S.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive vice president NBC Sports digital and consumer business Will McIntosh hinted sports betting partnerships may be on its way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sports betting segment in the US doubled its previous legal sports bets record from 2018 and totalled US$13 billion during last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The US legal sports betting market nearly doubled in 2019, reaching US$13 billion in total wagers, up from US$6.6 billion in 2018, with 59% of activity occurring outside Nevada. This significant growth post-PASPA revocation highlights market maturation and expansion. NBC is exploring deeper engagement in the sector, leveraging its successful free-to-play prediction app, NBC Sports Predictor, and hinting at potential sports betting partnerships.","focusai_entities":"American Gaming Association (AGA), NBC, Sky Sports, Dan Pozner, Will McIntosh","focusai_location":"US, Nevada, U.K.","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"US Market Growth Drivers","query":"What specific state-level regulatory changes or market entries primarily contributed to the near doubling of the US sports betting handle in 2019, particularly the 59% outside Nevada?"},{"label":"NBC's Strategic Intent","query":"How might NBC's potential sports betting partnerships or direct market entry impact the competitive landscape and customer acquisition costs for incumbent operators in the US?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,162,155],"tags":[233,2319],"class_list":["post-3269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-north-america","category-sports-betting-news","tag-sports-betting","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3269"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21288,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3269\/revisions\/21288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}