. With 2023 Super Bowl, Arizona Sports Betting Helps Make History

With 2023 Super Bowl, Arizona Sports Betting Helps Make History

Written By Jarrett Huff on February 14, 2023
2023 Super Bowl a big day for Arizona sports betting

Millions of people watched the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2023 Super Bowl in Glendale on Sunday nights. Thousands of sports stakes were placed throughout the weekend along with those millions of viewers.

100 million stakes were placed over the course of the trip, according to GeoComply, a organization that verifies geographic locations for the origin of wagers. The ability for players to survive bet on the game, according to GeoComply co-founder and CEO Anna Sainsbury:

Super Bowl LVII for & ldquo was a record-breaking occasion. According to GeoComply data, Americans & rsquo’s interest in legally wagering on the Super Bowl has never been higher. Additionally, it demonstrated how many State Farm Stadium spectators embraced their new capacity for wagering while watching the game in people. & rdquo,

In and around State Farm Stadium alone, where the game took place, more than 100,000 transactions took place on Sunday. Around 8,000 new accounts were created in the Glendale area to partake in Arizona sports betting. This was the first Super Bowl to take place in a state where sports betting is legal.

Sportsbooks that offered Super Bowl betting options overall saw a 25% increase from last year’s game. FanDuel reported, at its peak, it was accepting 50,000 bets every second, with around 2 million customers using the platform throughout the game.

What were the results for Arizona Super Bowl punters?

The Eagles were the favorites for most of the country heading into Sunday’s game. Caesars Sportsbook reported that of the 19 territories it operates in, 17 chose the Eagles (-1.5) to cover the spread. One of the two territories where more people bet the spread on the Chiefs was Arizona, which collectively favored the Chiefs. For the moneyline, Arizona joined 11 other territories in favoring the Eagles.

According to DraftKings, Arizona joined all other territories, aside from Kansas, on a majority of bettors favoring the Eagles to cover the spread.

FanDuel announced on their Twitter account hours before kickoff that an Arizona bettor had bet$ 460,000 on Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce to score a touchdown at any point in the game(- 115 ). Kelce had ultimately score a touchdown off an 18-yard go. He became the highest-scoring tight end in NFL playoff history as a result, making that fortunate Arizona bettor$ 400,000 richer.

On Sunday, a bettor at the BetMGM sportsbook near State Farm Stadium put down $547,000 on over 49.5 points (-125) to be scored in the game; the largest bet on the game made at the time. The Chiefs and Eagles combined for 73, allowing the bettor to win $437,600. The same bettor put down $52,000 on the coin toss to be heads – but it landed on tails.

It’s not too early to place a wager on the Super Bowl the following month.

Despite the NFL & rsquo’s season coming to an end after the Chiefs’ victory, The following Super Bowl has just started for league & rsquo. Who will probably take Kansas City’s place as the 2024 Super Bowl champions has already been predicted by some bookmakers.

The Chiefs have the best chance of winning Super Bowl LVIII at + 600, according to DraftKings, after emerging from the AFC. The San Francisco 49ers have the best possibilities in the NFC at + 800. At + 900, the Eagles are the NFC’s second-place finisher.

As far as the Arizona Cardinals are concerned, Vegas has little faith in the team’s Super Bowl potential. The Cardinals currently sit at +20000 odds; far below the next-lowest NFC team, the Chicago Bears (+8000). They share the worst odds with the AFC’s Houston Texans.

The NFL winter of 2023 will be very uncertain for the Cardinals. Kliff Kingsbury, a previous head manager who was fired, has yet to be replaced. Additionally, star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has been the subject of trades since before Arizona & rsquo’s season ended, and franchise quarterback Kyler Murray will likely miss some of the season recovering from a torn ACL.

On February 11, 2024, Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, may host the Super Bowl LVIII game.