The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today reported that preliminary figures show $71,554,099 was wagered in the Commonwealth on this past weekend’s San Francisco 49’ers/Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl through retail and online sportsbooks. That was a 15% decrease over the wagers placed in Pennsylvania when the Philadelphia Eagles appeared in the Super Bowl against the Kansas City Chiefs last year.
After payouts, revenue is expected to be $11,062,911 compared to $29,722,902 in 2023.
This was the sixth year in which legal sports wagering was available in Pennsylvania for the Super Bowl, and the fourth in which online wagering options were available. This year, patrons could choose to place Super Bowl wagers at 18 retail locations and through 12 online wagering sites.
The following charts provide a breakdown of Super Bowl handle and revenue this year and in the subsequent four years in which wagering could be conducted in Pennsylvania:
Super Bowl Handle Retail 2024 | $6,866,870 |
Super Bowl Handle Retail 2023 | $10,316,188 |
Super Bowl Handle Retail 2022 | $6,938,462 |
Super Bowl Handle Retail 2021 | $6,137,478 |
$6,728,544 | |
Super Bowl Handle Online 2024 | $64,687,229 |
Super Bowl Handle Online 2023 | $73,997,001 |
Super Bowl Handle Online 2022 | $61,106,349 |
Super Bowl Handle Online 2021 | $47,497,202 |
Super Bowl Handle Online 2020 | $24,035,942 |
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Total Super Bowl Handle 2024 | $71,554,099 |
Total Super Bowl Handle 2023 | $84,313,189 |
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 2024 | $451,039 |
Super Bowl Revenue Retail 2023 | $4,652,018 |
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 2024 | $10,611,872 |
Super Bowl Revenue Online 2023 | $25,070,884 |
Super Bowl Revenue Online 2022 | $3,877,693 |
Super Bowl Revenue Online 2021 | $9,418,535 |
Super Bowl Revenue Online 2020 | -$2,840,675 |
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Total Super Bowl Revenue 2024 | $11,062,911 |
Total Super Bowl Revenue 2023 | $29,722,902 |
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 more than 875,000 online betting accounts that were active in Pennsylvania during the Super Bowl weekend per data from geolocation technology service GeoComply. That is up from the 793,000 reported by GeoComply last year. Additionally, GeoComply reported that it conducted more than 13.6 million geolocation checks during the weekend to ensure that the wagering activity was being conducted by individuals who were within Pennsylvania and were authorized to conduct wagering on a site.
