The U.S. has an average per-person spend of $791 forecast for 2025 for states with legal sports betting.
A new study has revealed the states that are forecast to wager the most money in sports bets in 2025.
The research, conducted by crypto casino Gamdom, analyzed Covers’ historical data to reveal the forecast sports betting-spend per person in all legal states for this year.
Legal sports betting states ranked by highest per-person forecast sports betting spend for 2025
Top of the list was Nevada, followed by New York at number 2. In third Arizona, fourth New Jersey and Massachusetts at number 5.
Florida ranks 16th among states with the highest forecasted sports betting-spend per person for 2025, with $778 predicted per resident. The forecast is that Floridians will bet over $18 billion this year.
The home of the world’s gambling capital, Nevada, dominates the sports gambling scene. Nevada’s 2025 per-person forecast is still 275% above the national average.
Where it is legal, the Northeast shows a strong interest in sports betting, with New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts all reporting high per-person spending figures, whereas other regions show more variation.
Western states like Oregon, Montana, and South Dakota are among the five lowest places where people participate in sports betting.
“Since its inception, sports betting has been a rapidly growing business in the states in which it’s legal. This data demonstrates just that, and it’s certainly interesting to see which among those states are embracing it the most,” said Felix Römer, founder of Gamdom.
In their study, Gamdon found the amount of money wagered in the top few states is certainly a shocking statistic when compared to the average American state where sports betting is legal.
