agreement with BetMGM<\/a>.<\/p>\nFewer people (26 percent this year, from 31 percent) said they plan to enter a squares contest, a pool — such as a weekly pick ’em or survivor contest — or a paid fantasy league. In addition, casual betting between friends and co-workers this year will be down from 53 to 50 percent.<\/p>\n
NFL Bettors Like Chiefs to Repeat<\/h2>\n
The AGA also asked bettors who they would back on a $50 wager for the Super Bowl, and the defending champs found their way to the top of the poll.<\/p>\n
Kansas City was picked by 13 percent of survey respondents, followed by the Dallas Cowboys at 9 percent. After that, it\u2019s a six-team logjam with Baltimore, Cincinnati, Miami, New England, New Orleans, and San Francisco all at 5 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\nMorning Consult conducted the survey from Aug. 24-27, using a sample of 2,200 US adults. The full survey has a 2 percent margin of error.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
More than 33 million US adults are expected to place a bet on NFL contests this season, according to a survey by the American Gaming Association (AGA). That number is down by about 5 million from last year\u2019s polling. A deeper dive into the AGA\u2019s survey shows the decline may not necessarily be a surprise. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":148179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18943,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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