Arizona hosting a Super Bowl? That’s old hat. The sports wagering angle, however, is the new trick.
Arguably the biggest sidebar to Sunday’s showdown between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs has been the fact that people will be able to wager on the game while it happens at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. The NFL’s very public embrace of legal wagering continues to lift revenue bottom lines for sportsbooks and team marketing departments alike, and Sunday will add a new wrinkle as in-stadium mobile bettors will be able to make in-game wagers on the Super Bowl.
An order of Pizza Box Nachos with Prime Rib from the concession stand at halftime while you ponder a parlay? Sure. A Chop Chop Salad to go with JuJu Smith-Schuster scoring the next touchdown? Have at it. The in-game options will not be as fanciful as the pre-game board, but the opportunity is there for Super Bowl attendees for the first time.
“Super Bowl LVII … will make U.S. online sports betting history, as the first time America's biggest sporting event plays out in a state where iGaming is regulated,” said Paysafe President of Global Gaming Zak Cutler. “Smartphones are now the go-to device for U.S. online sports bettors, with 54% of American players wagering with either an iPhone or Android phone, according to our Q4 2022 research. We can expect to see both Chiefs and Eagles fans in the State Farm Stadium placing bets live on their phones before the game and as it's played.”