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February 4, 2025

AGA releases Super Bowl estimate for legal market only; projects record spend

This year’s projected figure for ‘legal handle’: $1.39 billion.

The American Gaming Association (AGA) released its annual Super Bowl betting handle estimate on Tuesday (4 February) morning – but took a different approach than in past years.

The headline news: American sports bettors are projected to legally wager a record $1.39 billion (£1.11 billion/€1.34 billion) on Super Bowl LIX. The game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles at Caesars Superdome is set for Sunday (9 February).

But it is difficult to put that number in context relative to AGA estimates in prior years. Previously, the AGA estimated how many American adults would be betting and how much they would be risking across all regulated and unregulated options. The organisation did this for each of the post-PASPA Super Bowls. This included off-the-books “Super Bowl Squares” pools with family and friends.

Those projections, by year:

2019: 22.7 million adults, $6.0 billion
2020: 26 million adults, $6.8 bi..

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February 4, 2025

ITIA bans more tennis players linked to Belgian match-fixing syndicate

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has banned a further six current and former players linked to a high-profile, match-fixing syndicate in Belgium.

Jerome Inzerillo, David Guez, Romain Bauvy, Yannick Jankovits, François-Arthur Vibert and Agustin Moyano, have all been formally banned from the sport after the ITIA announced the sanctions, all of which relate to match-fixing, on 31 January.

Detailing the cases, the ITIA said all are linked to the match-fixing syndicate led by Grigor Sargsyan. The criminal case led to the conviction of Sargsyan, who was handed a five-year custodial sentence in 2023. However, the fall-out continues with the ITIA continuing to track down additional players involved in the case.

French tennis players admit to charges

From the latest tranche of players, five admitted to breaches, relating to matches played in 2017 and 2018. Three French tennis players accepted the sanctions, waiving their rights to a hearing before an independent anti-corrup..

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February 4, 2025

Ohio governor wants to double sports betting tax… again

Ohio's governor, Mike DeWine, rolled out his final budget proposal on Monday (3 February) and it includes raising the legal sports betting tax on operators to 40%.

Should the state legislature agree, it would mark the second time since July 2023 that the tax was raised. In 2023, DeWine pushed through a budget that hiked the tax from 10% to 20%. That moved Ohio from a gambling-friendly tax state to one on the higher end of the spectrum.

If the tax goes to 40%, it would make Ohio the second-most expensive competitive market for wagering operators. New York has the highest tax rate at 51%. And last summer, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker initiated discussions to raise the tax in his state. Pritzker initially proposed more than doubling the 15% tax to 35%. But lawmakers went further, creating a sliding scale between 20% and 40%. The highest-revenue companies pay at the top end of the scale.

“We have known since day one that DeWine has hated sports betting,” gambling consultant Bren..

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