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David Purdum
The Philadelphia Eagles‘ Super Bowl victory was a boon for sportsbooks in most states, but not in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania sportsbooks lost a net $6.5 million on Super Bowl LIX, according to figures released Thursday by the state gaming control board.
A record $101.5 million was bet on the Super Bowl with Pennsylvania sportsbooks, a 20.4% increase over the previous high mark set in 2023, when the Eagles lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII.
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board noted a “high percentage of wagers placed on the Eagles to win” this year, leading to the loss for the books. Philadelphia defeated the Chiefs 40-22.
In Pennsylvania, approximately 73% of bets placed — and 79% of the money wagered — on the Super Bowl winner was on the underdog Eagles at ESPN BET, compared to less than 50% nationally at the sportsbook. At ESPN BET in Kansas, the Eagles attracted only 18.7% of the bets on the winner.
At BetMGM in Pennsylvania, the Eagles’ Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and the Philadelphia defense/special teams were each among the top seven most-heavily-bet in the anytime touchdown-scorer market.
The $6.5 million loss for Pennsylvania sportsbooks is in sharp contrast to other states. New York’s gaming commission on Thursday reported a $62.8 million net win on the Super Bowl for the state’s sportsbooks, a figure that includes futures bets on the odds to win NFL championship. The state reported $154.9 million was bet on the Super Bowl, down roughly 4.4% from last year’s game. The win, however, was approximately five times greater this year than last.
New Jersey and Nevada also reported big wins on the Super Bowl.