The week of Super Bowl LX generated an increase in action compared to the week of 2025’s Big Game.
Key Takeaways
- Empire State online operators produced an 8.1% hold during Super Bowl week.
- New Yorkers wagered more than $500 million for the eighth consecutive week.
- FanDuel saw a decrease in betting, while DraftKings held steady.
The New York State Gaming Commission reported on Friday that the eight online sportsbooks accepted $572.5 million in wagers during the week ending on Super Bowl Sunday, a 2.6% year-over-year rise from $557.9 million. It’s the first time New Yorkers have bet over $500 million in two consecutive years during the Big Game week.
The latest handle also surpassed $500 million for the eighth consecutive period and was up 12% from the previous non-football week, but it’s unknown how much the Super Bowl contributed to the week’s wagering dollars. The commission has not yet released specific betting figures from the game the Seahawks won 29-13 over the Patriots.
Including the Olympics, NBA, NHL, college basketball, and other sports, online operators won back 8.1% of wagering, a hold that’s down three points from the previous year. The $46.2 million in New York sports betting gross revenue from the week ending Feb. 8 fell 26% compared to the same week in 2025, and it was the fifth time in the last 15 weeks that profits dipped below $50 million.
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FanDuel falls
FanDuel generated the highest handle with $207.5 million, but wagering was down 6.6% from last year’s Super Bowl week. The online operator produced $23.3 million in gross revenue from an 11.2% hold, which was down four points from the same week in 2025.
FanDuel made $2 million more in profit compared to the previous week on a handle that was about $30 million more.
DraftKings produced a very similar Super Bowl week as it did in 2025. The online operator’s $191.7 million in wagers was only down about 1% from last year. DraftKings generated its highest handle in more than a month, and the amount wagered was nearly $25 million more than the previous week.
The $17.6 million in gross revenue was very close to the $17.2 million the online operator made in 2025. The 9.2% hold was higher than the state’s average for the week.
Low holds
Fanatics was the only other sportsbook to generate more than $50 million in wagers during Super Bowl week, but the online operator only won back 5.1% of the handle.
That’s still better than BetMGM, which reported a Super Bowl loss for the second time in three years. In 2026, bettors put the online operator $1.4 million in the red, which isn’t nearly as bad as the $9.6-million loss BetMGM suffered in 2024’s Big Game week.
Caesars produced only a 4.4% hold on a $37.6-million handle, while theScore Bet failed to reach a 5% win rate on a $16.6-million handle. BetRivers at least reached the industry standard with a 7.2% hold on over $12.6 million wagered, and Bally Bet turned in the highest win rate of the week in New York, winning $559,100 on a $4-million handle.
