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Sports Wagering In Louisiana Gets Off To Strong Start

Geolocation data shows large betting volume concentrated near New Orleans

Mark Saxon by Mark Saxon
February 2, 2022
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In a well-timed coincidence, online sports gambling launched in Louisiana before a weekend in which a former LSU quarterback and a former LSU receiver happened to be competing to make it to their first Super Bowl together. And now that Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, and the rest of the β€œBayou Bengals North” have made it to the big game, you can expect another active spurt two weekends from now.

β€œThe Super Bowl is likely to be huge,” GeoComply Senior Vice President Chad Kornett said after analyzing the data from the first weekend of online betting in the Louisiana parishes where it was approved. β€œYou’ve got Joe Burrow in the Super Bowl. That’s a pretty critical piece.”

Kornett mused that the only thing that might have made for a bigger splash in the last two states to legalize online wagering was if the Bengals had faced the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship game.

Big opening, but not ‘New York big’

Louisiana’s launch wasn’t quite as massive as the first two days of legal online sports wagering in New York. But considering Louisiana has a population of less than 5 million, it was a busy opening weekend for bettors on the Bayou, as GeoComply verified a healthy total of 2.68 million geolocation transactions in those first 48 hours.

The company, which provides geolocation data to most sportsbook operators and state agencies, verified 17.2 million transactions in New York over a similar period after last month’s launch in that state, which boasts a population of just under 20 million.

The first two days of legal online sports gambling in New York saw 2.5x the number of wagers as the previous highest state launch, Pennsylvania, per GeoComply's Chad Kornett.

— Mark Saxon (@markasaxon) January 11, 2022

As in New York, the concentration of Louisiana’s action was downstate. Sixty-eight percent of the state’s transactions were in southeast Louisiana, home to the two most populous parishes, Orleans Parish and East Baton Rouge Parish.

The NFL, to no one’s surprise, dictated the pace of play. By far the busiest period, GeoComply data shows, was between 5 and 6 p.m. CT on Sunday, just as the Bengals completed their 27-24 overtime win over the Kansas City Chiefs and the 49ers and Rams were beginning their game.

Cross-border betting relatively light

Sports betting in Louisiana was officially legalized in June of 2021, but in a unique twist, the state allowed each parish to vote on whether it wanted to participate. Nine of the 64 parishes, all in the northern part of the state, opted not to legalize sports betting in their jurisdictions.

Louisiana actually saw a higher rate of activity, with 3.6% of the sports betting population active in the first 48 hours, compared to 3.3% of the sports betting public during New York’s first weekend. Perhaps unsurprisingly, aΒ Nielsen Fan Insights survey found that the two U.S. regions with the greatest interest in sports betting are the Northeast and the South.

The GeoComply data didn’t show a great rush of bettors coming in from neighboring states, but Kornett said there was a bit more of that going on along the Texas border than the Mississippi border, probably because of the presence of brick-and-mortar casinos in Biloxi, MIssissippi, less than a two-hour drive from Louisiana.

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Mark has been covering sports for more than 30 years at stops that include The Athletic, ESPN.com, the Orange County Register, and Oakland Tribune. A Major League Baseball beat reporter from 1998 to 2021, Mark also has covered college football and basketball extensively and dabbled in nearly every other major sports league. He has been a lifelong sports gambler. He pays special attention to developments in the sports betting world in New York. Contact Mark on Twitter (@markasaxon) or via email at [email protected].

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