Nevada sportsbooks enjoy record Super Bowl betting handle

Nevada sportsbooks enjoyed record betting handle on the 2017 Super Bowl, while grinding out their third-highest win in the past decade.

According to Nevada Gaming Control Board chairman A.G. Burnett, Nevada-licensed sports betting operators enjoyed betting handle of $138.48m on Super Bowl LI, a new record for the books on the US sports world’s single biggest event, easily topping last year’s $132.5m.

Nevada’s handle on the big game has grown by nearly 40% since 2013’s $99m, with mobile wagering playing a major role in that growth. Among the big game’s big losers was the unidentified punter who bet $1.1m on Atlanta via his mobile betting app with a CG Technology-powered sportsbook.

The books kept $10.9m of this year’s betting volume, representing a 7.9% hold. While the total represents the third-highest win in the last 10 years, it pales in comparison to the record $19.7m the books earned from the Seahawks pummeling the Broncos in 2014, or last year’s $13.3m when the Broncos defeated the Panthers.