It's up 23.6% from the previous year.

Answer: $148 billion

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Questions:

• What experiences or impressions do you have of sports betting?
• Hypothesize: why has sports betting become so popular in recent years?
• How could sports betting impact an individual’s personal finances?

Here are the ready-to-go slides for this Question of the Day that you can use in your classroom.

Behind the numbers (American Gaming Association’s (AGA) Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker):

"There’s still plenty of growth in the U.S. legal sports betting market, as new figures from the American Gaming Association attest.

The industry group said that sports wagering in 2024 reached $13.71 billion in revenue, a 25.4% increase from 2023’s figure that had been a record. Overall sports betting handle, meanwhile, rose 23.6% to $147.9 billion during the year, with more than 95% of that activity happening online."

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