Super Bowl 2025 Projected to Bring 153% More Bettors Than 2023, and 48% More Than Last Year

Results based on more than 759,461,000 bets that were made during NFL games days across the past three seasons

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Focusing exclusively on sportsbook bettors during the NFL Season, recent betting data over the past three seasons reveals significant growth across all stages of the NFL season. The results are based on more than 759,460,000 bets that were placed during NFL games during the past three seasons. The analysis is from Optimove Insights, the research arm of Optimove the #1 CRM Marketing Solution for iGaming and sports betting operators.

Key highlights include: Super Bowl

  • 2022–2023: Baseline (100%)
  • 2023–2024: Grew to 205%
  • 2024–2025: Projected to reach 253% in 2025—equating to a 153% increase over the 2023 game, and a 48% increase over last year (2024)

Regular Season:

  • 2022–2023: Baseline (100%)
  • 2023–2024: Bettor numbers doubled to 200%
  • 2024–2025: Continued surge to 260%

Playoffs:

  • 2022–2023: Baseline (100%)
  • 2023–2024: Increased to 188%
  • 2024–2025: Reached 223%

In Summary

These trends underscore robust growth in NFL betting engagement, with the Super Bowl set to drive particular gains. This expansion presents significant opportunities for sports betting operators to capitalize on an increasingly active and engaged NFL betting audience.

For sportsbook operators, targeted, timely, and personalized messaging to bettors presents an opportunity to enhance player lifetime value and engagement.

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Oren Elias

Oren is a Marketing Research Analyst on the Professional Services team at Optimove. In this role, Oren focuses on extracting actionable marketing insights by researching and analyzing customer data for retail and gaming clients. Additionally, Oren is pursuing an industrial engineering and management degree at Shenkar College.

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