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Continued from page 17 Rhode Island's sports books Bowl generated 10 times
That total surpassed the had a hold percentage of the amount of bets that his
$34.8 million New Jersey 14.6%, or twice the level company sees from a regu-
gamblers bet on the Super of what Paul Grimaldi, a lar-season NFL game.
Bowl last year. spokesman for the state rev- Delaware saw $2.1 mil-
New Jersey's 10 retail sports enue department, termed lion in bets and a hold of
books and 19 sports wager- "good." That worked out to $229,000. Oregon took in
ing mobile applications lost a hold of about $805,000 nearly $2 million in bets and
$4.28 million, for a negative for the sports books, about kept about $150,000.
hold percentage of 7.8% half of which goes to the Pennsylvania said it would
Ron Baumann, regional state. Last year when the release its Super Bowl bet-
president for Caesars En- Pats won, the sports books ting numbers on Tuesday
tertainment, which owns lost $2.3 million. and several other states, in-
three Atlantic City casi- Elsewhere in New England, cluding New York and New
nos, said its sports books at New Hampshire gamblers Mexico, said they do not
Bally's and Harrah's were bet more than $2.3 million calculate Super Bowl bets
jammed. In this Jan. 29, 2020 photo, a man makes a bet on the upcoming on the Super Bowl; the state separately.
"We exceeded what we Super Bowl at Bally's casino in Atlantic City, N.J. only began sports betting For those keeping score,
thought we would do by Associated Press on Dec. 30. the Gatorade dumped
far," he said. "We sold out "We are extremely pleased on Reid at the end of
every seat we had, every one of its licensees had ately calculate how much with the results from our the game was orange,
inch of seating." technical problems while of that was paid out to cus- first Super Bowl and our first even though purple had
The two books handled compiling data. But MGM tomers who made winning month overall of sports bet- been a pregame betting
over 10,000 bets. And the Resorts and Caesars En- bets. ting, and we look forward favorite.q
increased foot traffic also tertainment both reported In Rhode Island, the be- to continuing to build on
gave the casinos a measur- multimillion-dollar wins from loved New England Patriots this success as we engage
able boost in table games the game. were not in the Super Bowl more and more players,"
and slot revenue, and Last year, Nevada sports for the first time in four years, said Charlie McIntyre, ex-
food and beverage sales, books took in $146 million and gamblers showed less ecutive director of the New
though Baumann would worth of bets on the Super interest in betting on some- Hampshire Lottery.
not reveal exact figures for Bowl, down from $158 mil- one other than Tom Brady. Mattias Stetz, chief oper-
either. lion a year earlier. The $5.5 million wagered ating officer of Rush Street
Nevada, the country's larg- Mississippi regulators re- was about 84% of the $6.5 Interactive, which operates
est sports betting market, ported taking in $6.7 million million wagered last year the PlaySugarHouse.com
said it will not release its fig- worth of bets on this year's when the Patriots beat the and BetRivers.com online
ures until Tuesday because game, but did not immedi- Los Angeles Rams. betting sites, said the Super