{"id":113074,"date":"2026-02-13T14:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/113074\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:06:06","slug":"pennsylvania-bettors-wager-59-3-million-on-super-bowl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/113074\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania bettors wager $59.3 million on Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania bettors wagered a total of $59,275,463 on last weekend\u2019s Super Bowl game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, as per the state&#8217;s Gaming Control Board.<\/p>\n<p>The bets, placed both online and at retail sportsbooks, generated $18,143,469 in revenue for the Commonwealth. The total is down 41.6% from last year\u2019s record $101.5 million wagered on the Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, in 2025,\u00a0the majority of wagers were placed on the Eagles. As a result, winning bets created a negative revenue of $6,532,147 last year, according to the PGCB, despite the overall higher activity.<\/p>\n<p>Since Pennsylvania legalized sports wagering in 2020, the Eagles\u2019 two Super Bowl appearances have produced the highest betting totals in the state\u2019s seven-year history. In 2023, when the Chiefs defeated the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, Pennsylvania bettors wagered $84,313,189, generating a record $29,722,902 in revenue because most bets favored the Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s revenue total ranks as the second-highest in the state\u2019s Super Bowl betting history. Bettors had access to 17 retail sportsbooks and 11 online platforms, with online wagers accounting for 90.6% of the total.<\/p>\n<p>The PGCB regulates all gambling in Pennsylvania, including 17 land-based casinos, online casino games, retail and online sports betting, Video Gaming Terminals at qualified truck stops, and online fantasy sports contests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania bettors wagered a total of $59,275,463 on last weekend\u2019s Super Bowl game between the Seattle Seahawks and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":{"0":"post-113074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-pennsylvania","9":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","10":"tag-pennsylvania-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}