New York’s online sportsbooks handled about $595 million in wagers during Week 1 of the NFL season, setting the state’s strongest opening-week total since mobile betting began there in 2022.
Key takeaways
- Week 1 NFL betting generated roughly $595 million in handle across New York sportsbooks.
- The figure is the highest recorded for the first week of an NFL season since the state’s online wagering launch.
- New York began offering legal online sports betting in 2022.
- The wagering results were released Thursday.
Record opening-week handle
The Week 1 total marks a new opening-week benchmark for New York’s regulated online sports-betting market. The nearly $595 million wagered on NFL games surpassed every previous first-week figure since statewide mobile wagering became available in 2022.
The result underscores the NFL’s continued importance to the state’s sportsbook market, with the season’s first slate driving a substantial volume of bets across licensed operators.
