Favorite sports to make a wager on in the U.S. 2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Sep 7, 2023
The federal ban on sports betting was lifted by the Supreme Court of the United States in May 2018. Since that judgment, many states have legalized sports betting. However, some sports are more popular to bet on than others. When surveyed in July 2023, the majority of respondents, 52.7 percent, stated that they preferred to bet on basketball. Comparatively, only 8.2 percent of survey participants said that they preferred to bet on mixed martial arts.

Most preferred sports to bet on in the United States as of July 2023

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Release date

August 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

July 2023

Number of respondents

465 respondents

Special properties

respondents had placed a bet on sports in the past 12 months

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