Sports Betting to Unlock Increased Fan Engagement from Younger, More Affluent Adults
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(United States).- A new Nielsen Sports study released today by the American Gaming Association supports what we’ve long expected: access to legal sports wagering will increase fan engagement in major sport contests and enable a significant revenue generation opportunity for major sports leagues and teams.
The research identifies groundbreaking demographic and behavioral characteristics of self-identified bettors who the AGA believes will populate the future legal U.S. betting landscape.
Among this crucial demographic for sports leagues and broadcasters, 71 percent of those research participants who currently bet with a bookie say they would shift some or all of their betting activity to a regulated market if they had access to a legal platform.
According to Nielsen Sports, 44 percent of sports bettors are adults under the age of 35, as opposed to 31 percent of the general population. Twenty-nine percent of bettors earn a household income of more than $100K, almost double the proportion of the general population.
Expanding access to legal sports betting will bring millennial audiences back to sports broadcasts and stadiums, which is a huge benefit for sport enterprises across the country. However, this potential will only be realized with proper policy frameworks that empower consumers with competitive odds, access to all bets and the ability to tap into modern platforms including mobile. Without this focus on consumers, the illegal market will continue to thrive.
You can view topline findings from the research here. Additional research is underway to quantify how much each league can realize from widely-available, legal, regulated sports betting.
We will continue to keep you informed of the latest updates on sports betting. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.
Categoría:Gaming
Tags: Sin tags
País: United States
Event
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