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What’s The Gambling Capital Of The U.S.? Survey Says ‘New York’

A Nielsen Fan Insights survey indicates Northeasterners have the most sports betting interest in nation

Mark Saxon by Mark Saxon
January 26, 2022
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Early data suggests New York already is the sports gambling capital of the United States.

In the first nine days of legal online gambling in the Empire State, New York bettors produced $603.1 million in handle, making it likely that the state will break the national record for monthly handle of $1.3 billion set by New Jersey in October. If it does, New York will have pulled that off even though the state didn’t clear online operators to begin taking bets until Jan. 8.

Yeah, it’s massive. It’s unprecedented. But shocking? Absolutely not.

For years, gambling insiders had considered New York, especially New York City, to be the epicenter of sports gambling in the country. Sportsbook operators lined up to enter the state despite the nation’s highest tax rate on gross gambling revenue, a whopping 51%, blowing past the concerns of some that the tax rate would keep them away.

Here’s what fuels those numbers

Because of New York politicians’ hardline stance on the tax rate, its education system will have a lucrative source of funding as long as they hold firm. Those nine days produced enough state tax revenue ($24.6 million) to have already set a monthly record, eclipsing Pennsylvania’s $21.6 million haul from sports gambling in November.

Nielsen Fan Insights helps provide a clearer picture of why New York may prove to be sports gambling’s golden goose despite that heavy tax. New Yorkers simply love to place bets on sporting events. In a May-through-October survey last year, Nielsen found that 17% of adult New Yorkers were β€œvery interested” in sports betting. That’s the highest rate in the country.

It’s a regional thing

While New York City — and still more specifically, the Midtown East neighborhood of Manhattan — might be at the very core of U.S. sports betting, it really should be seen in a regional context. The fact that New York broke revenue records previously set by neighboring states was one clue.

Over 40% of adults living in the Northeast told the Nielsen survey takers they were interested in sports betting. That’s the highest rate of interest of any of the four U.S. regions, with the South (aka SEC country) finishing second. Roughly 13% of Northeasterners told Nielsen they were very interested in sports betting. That equates to 5.5 million adults, with 2.8 million of them being New Yorkers.

Other tidbits from the Northeast

Nielsen found that 10% of Northeasterners said they live-bet on sports while watching it.

Nine percent said they had placed a bet at a casino sportsbook in Nevada during the span of the survey. Fourteen percent said they had bet with a relative, friend or co-worker. Eight percent said they had bet with a bookie. And 13% said they had bet with a legal sportsbook or online sportsbook (remember, New York hadn’t gone legal when the survey was conducted).

Preferred sport depends on where bettors live

Are people out West really dying to bet on tennis? That’s what Nielsen tells us, at least, as the survey determined that tennis ranked first among those showing interest in sports betting in the West region, followed by eSports, the NFL, NBA and MLB.

Given the season the Pac-12 just had, it may not be surprising that NCAA football finished sixth out West. Tennis also carried the South, oddly, but in that region’s case NCAA football and basketball both finished ahead of MLB.

The Northeast and Midwest produced more predictable results, with the NFL leading the way in terms of driving bettors’ interest. Around 8% of Northeasterners said the NFL is their favorite sport to bet on. They’re 13% more likely to bet on it than the NHL and 7% percent more likely to bet on it than the NBA.

By extrapolating the data and looking at overall population numbers — with 26.3% of the U.S. population (or 86.8 million people total) reportedly interested in gambling on sports — Nielsen was able to demonstrate what the gambling industry no doubt already knew before the Supreme Court struck down PASPA in 2018: Americans really like to bet on sports, no matter where they live.

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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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