The FIFA World Cup
Football (football ) is the world’s most popular game, and it makes sense that it pulls in the most money. Each year, it’s projected that soccer constitutes 70 percent of their above-listed $1 trillion!
The FIFA World Cup is the ultimate tournament in the soccer calendar, happening every four years. Even with a runtime of just one month, the World Cup provides an enormous quantity of gambling opportunities.
The competition kicks off with 210 countries participating in the qualifying rounds, then fighting it out through different stages to make the last 32. Bettors from all over the world have the ability to place wagers every step of the way. Even though there aren’t any official statistics as to how much is bet globally throughout the whole tournament, it is estimated to be greater than $260 million.
The Super Bowl
If we focus on the American scene, the National Football League is king. Bets around the NFL constitute nearly half of all sports stakes placed, together with the Super Bowl being the single most popular betting event throughout the sport year.
The 2018 Super Bowl LII, which saw the Eagles stick it to the Patriots, brought in a record-breaking $158.6 million worth of wagers in Nevada sportsbooks. This staggering figure broke the list of $138.5 million wagered during the Super Bowl LI the preceding year.
Obviously, these are just the official (legal) statistics. According to estimates made by the American Gaming Association, the real total wagered was probably in the region of $4.76 billion.
March Madness
The NCAA championship is among the highlights for sports players and fans alike. 68 teams fight it out through seven single-elimination rounds in one month with the expectation of being named winners.
Statistics in the American Gaming Association (AGA) predicted that more than $10 billion could be wagered on the 2018 NCAA men’s basketball championship. A mere fraction of that amount (3%) was probably bet lawfully.
Nevertheless, considering that betting is legal in only one state then $300 million total stakes on a single sporting event is madness!
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is one of the most important horse racing events in the USA and is, in reality, among those longest-running sports events in the country. The event takes place on the first Saturday of May in the Churchill Downs racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky.
The’Run for the Roses’ (known as’the fastest two minutes in game’) draws a crowd of more than 150,000 spectators to the racetrack. This is not even counting the huge number of home audiences: The 144th Kentucky Derby pulled in 16.2 million viewers on NBC.
Churchill Downs reported record-breaking wagering with $209.2 million in stakes over the 14-race card. The principal race alone pulled in over $139.2 million in wagers, breaking the former record of $137.9 million set in 2015.
The Grand National
Keeping with the equestrian theme, The Grand National is Britain’s very own horse-racing extravaganza. It is reportedly among the world’s most challenging horse-races, with two laps of a racetrack that is 4-mile 514 metres (6.907 km) long and contains 30 jumps.
It’s a hugely popular event that is attended by members of the Royal Family, as well as other A-list actors. In addition to seasoned horse racing enthusiasts and betting pros, it draws in up of 600 million viewers, which makes it the most watched TV event in the world.
It also beats the betting figures for our own Kentucky Derby. The 2017 Grand National allegedly saw wagers totaling #300 million, which is roughly $400 million!
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