American football is king in the US when it comes to sports betting. The Super Bowl is annually the most-bet sporting event in the country. But soccer’s strong showing for the 2022 FIFA World Cup might entice oddsmakers to place more emphasis on the sport moving forward.<\/p>\n
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The nearly eight million geolocation transactions experienced during Sunday’s World Cup final topped the final game of the NBA Finals, the NCAA men’s March Madness tournament, the NHL Stanley Cup Final, and Game 6 of the World Series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Soccer traditionally hasn’t been a major moneymaker for oddsmakers. In Nevada, for example, the state Gaming Control Board groups soccer betting into its “other” category, which includes everything other than football, basketball, baseball, and hockey.<\/p>\n
Over the past 12 months, Nevada oddsmakers have won $44.6 million from the “other” category. Meanwhile, American football generated net revenue of more than $202.5 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The stunning 2022 FIFA World Cup Final played Sunday between eventual victor Argentina over defending champion France was the second-busiest day of the year for online sportsbooks in the US. Though soccer isn’t nearly as popular in the US as it is in Europe and throughout much of the rest of the world, the 2022 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":248837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074,16693],"tags":[82747,83023,80968,83324],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
World Cup Final Second-Busiest Sports Betting Day of 2022 in the US<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n