Year After Sports Betting Legalized, Ontarians Wager Over $11.5 Billion in One Quarter

Year After Sports Betting Legalized, Ontarians Wager Over $11.5 Billion in One Quarter
Betting odds for NFL football's Super Bowl are displayed on monitors at the Circa Resort & Casino sportsbook in Las Vegas on Feb. 3, 2023. John Locher/AP Photo
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Nearly one year after sports betting was legalized in Canada, Ontarians wagered more than $11.5 billion on sports gambling in the fiscal quarter ending Dec. 31, 2022, an increase of 91 percent over the previous quarter.

According to iGaming Ontario, the province’s internet-gambling regulator, the total net revenue in Ontario was $457 million over the fourth quarter, a 71 percent increase from the previous quarter. It didn’t include the NFL playoffs or Super Bowl—the largest gambling event of the year—meaning the numbers will likely be even higher in the next quarterly report.