Online sports gambling continues to surge in the United States, with the amount wagered having jumped 98% from 2021 to 2022 according to a Variety Intelligence Platform report.
Comparing year-over-year data measured from January to October, the spikes are just as noticeable. According to Variety, $3.1 billion was wagered nationwide in 2019, $11 billion in 2020, $37.1 billion in 2021, and $73.3 billion in 2022.
The 2022 figure represents a 98% increase from 2021, and a 569% increase from 2020.
Counting the incomplete data for November, almost $80 billion has been wagered thus far in 2022, with at least $6.