Bengals play a part of authorized sports activities betting in Ohio for Sunday’s convention championship video games – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

DAYTON — Loads of individuals guess on Sunday’s AFC Championship recreation between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas Metropolis Chiefs with authorized sports activities betting now in Ohio.

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Information Middle 7′s John Bedell received a way of how a lot cash Ohioans wagered Sunday and the way the Bengals playoff run impacted enterprise.

This was tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} only for Sunday.

One firm, Fanduel, spoke with Bedell Monday they usually function cellular sports activities betting in 18 states.

Sunday was a giant betting day with the NFL’s convention championship video games. Ohio was Fanduel’s second greatest state when it comes to variety of clients and greenback quantity wagered.

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Bedell says authorized sports activities bettering has solely been round for 30 days right here in Ohio and right here’s how in style it’s change into already.

Karol Corcoran, the final supervisor for FanDuel Sportsbook, says he can’t share particular numbers because the knowledge shouldn’t be public but. He did inform Bedell their clients in Ohio wagered tens of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} on Sunday alone.

88% of FanDuel’s clients right here in Ohio Sunday made some kind of wager on the Bengals-Chiefs AFC Title recreation.

Bedell requested how the Bengals playoff run throughout the first month of authorized sports activities betting right here in Ohio has impacted enterprise.

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“It’s been a giant enhance,” mentioned Corcoran. “Like if once more, I have a look at yesterday’s numbers. Of all the purchasers we had on the platform yesterday in Ohio, nearly 88% of them guess on that recreation. So it’s, , and that rang true any time the Bengals or the Browns earlier than they have been eradicated — it was the case. So it’s the content material is a big draw of latest clients after which will get current clients enjoying. So a giant a part of, I believe, our success and the class success. In order that the Bengals was a giant a part of it.”

The Ohio On line casino Management Fee has the regulatory oversight for the sports activities betting in our state. They advised Bedell they may launch sports activities betting income numbers for January on the finish of subsequent month.

Information Middle 7 will let what that knowledge reveals.

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