Online Sports Betting Statistics Updated November 2026

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100 Basketball Betting Statistics for 2026

If you compare betting markets using turnover alone, you miss what the money measures. These statistics keep stakes, payouts, revenue and transaction counts distinct so you can quote each observation with its original scope.

The evidence covers France's licensed online basketball market, monthly Illinois and Maryland reports, and annual New Jersey and Nevada accounts. Basketball does not always mean the NBA: the source category may combine professional leagues, college games or both.

The dated citations identify the source publication or report version; each claim names its data period. Illinois reports were generated on 9 November 2026 for earlier monthly periods. That version date is not a claim that the underlying activity occurred in November.

Headline figures

How large is France's regulated basketball betting market?

Basketball is a substantial category in France, but its competitions do not contribute equally. The regulator's figures separate the size of the market from the leagues that supply it.

How did stakes and revenue change between years?

ANJ reports both turnover and gross gaming revenue, allowing the annual comparison to distinguish money placed from money retained. Their growth rates differ because payouts and sporting results also change. These observations cover licensed online sports betting in France. They do not estimate global basketball betting, offshore activity or income earned by teams. The earlier-year observations be a dated baseline instead of a second estimate for the latest year.

What is basketball's market position and NBA contribution?

The NBA is a competition within the basketball category, not a synonym for the entire sport. ANJ's NBA stakes include playoffs, while the sport's overall share is measured against all regulated online sports stakes. Gross-revenue margin uses a different numerator and should not be confused with a market share. Rounded narrative percentages are retained as published instead of silently replaced by more precise chart labels.

Which other competitions contribute to basketball activity?

The French report identifies European club basketball, Australian professional basketball and national-team competition separately. These figures describe bets placed through French licensed operators on those competitions, not the size of betting markets in the countries where games were played. The women's league observation is a year-on-year growth rate, whereas the other observations are amounts staked; they should not be arranged as though they share one unit. A faster percentage increase can occur from a smaller base. Without the corresponding baseline amount, it cannot be translated into an absolute gain or a ranking of commercial scale. The distinction is particularly useful when assessing whether a calendar change broadened the offer or simply increased activity around an established competition.

How do live betting and playoff series shape the French market?

The sport's annual total conceals different ways of betting. Live shares and series totals explain the product mix without implying that every competition behaves like the NBA.

How does live betting vary by competition?

The live shares measure money placed after games start, not the share of customers who ever bet live. NBA and non-NBA activity use different competition groups, and the latter combines a varied schedule. Seasonal shares use all sports stakes in the named month as their denominator. They therefore measure basketball's relative place in the monthly sports mix instead of a change in basketball turnover alone.

How concentrated are competition and playoff stakes?

The named playoff observations aggregate complete series, so they are not single-game records. ANJ's concentration measures instead group the annual competition mix. A threshold for smaller competitions describes their individual contribution to the total; the combined category can still be meaningful. Rounded narrative shares and the exact competition count are retained from the regulator's analysis. None of these figures measures television audiences, attendance or the number of unique bettors.

What does Illinois record for online basketball betting?

Illinois supplies transactions and stakes in separate tables. Keeping both measures helps distinguish the amount wagered from the frequency of recorded betting activity.

What did the opening online months record?

Online wagers are transaction counts, while online handle is money staked. Neither is a count of people. The regulator's basketball column does not provide a college-versus-professional split in these observations, and separately classified parlays are outside the sport column. Use the same report settings across months to preserve the comparison instead of substituting a revenue release that measures a different concept.

What did the summer online months record?

The later months retain the same all-wagering-activity report selection and online channel. Changes may reflect the event calendar or the size and frequency of bets, but the report does not decompose those causes. A smaller transaction count can coexist with a different average stake. These published totals should therefore be described as observed activity, not evidence that a particular demographic entered or left the market.

How is August online handle distributed across licensees?

  • Illinois basketball August 2026, Casino Queen, Inc. online handle: $23,259,465.01. (Illinois Gaming Board, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois basketball August 2026, Alton Casino, LLC online handle: $9,068,544.32. (Illinois Gaming Board, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois basketball August 2026, Elgin Riverboat Resort online handle: $4,242,657.81. (Illinois Gaming Board, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois basketball August 2026, HC Aurora, LLC online handle: $3,454,392.91. (Illinois Gaming Board, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois basketball August 2026, Midwest Gaming & Entertainment, LLC online handle: $3,502,029.87. (Illinois Gaming Board, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois basketball August 2026, Par-A-Dice Gaming Corporation online handle: $5,518,589.29. (Illinois Gaming Board, Nov 2026)

The source lists legal reporting entities, which should not automatically be renamed as consumer sportsbook brands. These selected August rows are basketball handle, not gross revenue or nationwide sales. The full regulator table is reproduced above for context. Its parlay column remains separate, so a licensee's basketball exposure through combination bets cannot be inferred from this sport-specific selection alone.

What does Illinois record for retail basketball betting?

In-person activity is a separate market channel. Its transaction counts describe accepted wagers instead of visits, customers or the popularity of a particular team.

How did retail activity begin the year?

The first retail observations pair wager counts with handle for matching calendar months. This keeps the unit of comparison clear and avoids presenting turnover as sportsbook earnings. The basketball classification is the regulator's own category and does not identify the NBA alone. Comparisons with the online section are valid only when the month, sport and reporting selection match across the two blocks.

What did the later retail months record?

The later in-person figures continue the same series without blending in mobile transactions. Changes in dollars and transaction counts can differ, so neither should stand in for the other. The source does not identify how many different people placed the bets or whether they also used an online account. Consequently, adding channel transaction counts would not create a measure of unique market participation.

How does Maryland separate professional and college basketball?

Maryland's category split answers a question the Illinois extract cannot. Professional and NCAA basketball remain distinct, and the professional row should not be relabeled as NBA-only.

What did the opening Maryland months report?

The opening reports separate professional and NCAA stakes while reporting professional payouts alongside them. All observations combine retail and mobile wagering. The distinction prevents a college-heavy period from being mistaken for growth in professional basketball. These are monthly rows, not cumulative fiscal-year totals. Dollar precision follows the original workbook except where the accessible February report publishes whole-dollar amounts.

How did the middle months differ?

The middle months continue Maryland's category definitions and combined-channel scope. Professional payouts represent money returned to bettors instead of operator revenue. NCAA stakes are a separate reported category and should not be added to professional payouts as though both were turnover. Keeping these measures apart makes the calendar comparison useful without assigning every movement to a particular league or tournament.

What did the late-summer reports add?

The later reports extend the same monthly window into September. The displayed source table makes the professional and NCAA rows visible together, including the period heading. Low college activity outside its main calendar does not establish that the category has been discontinued. These observations describe the reported month only; they do not forecast the next season or identify the competitions included within professional basketball.

What do annual New Jersey and Nevada figures add?

Annual state totals are useful context, but their accounting labels matter. A completed-event table and a statewide win report should not be combined into an invented national estimate.

What does New Jersey's completed-event measure mean?

New Jersey reports basketball handle and win for completed events. The definition counts because its broader industry handle also includes wagers on future events, which are not necessarily settled in the same reporting window. Both retail and online activity are included, so this is not an online-only market estimate. The table is unaudited and subject to adjustment, and the regulator warns that year-to-date values may reflect amendments to earlier months. Read the remaining observation with the annual handle showed in the takeaways, without treating either as tax revenue or net profit. The source table above preserves the original category labels and accounting footnote so the annual scope remains visible when the figure is reused.

How should Nevada's basketball win be interpreted?

Nevada's statewide report measures basketball win and a corresponding win percentage across nonrestricted reporting locations. The annual column covers the calendar year, while nearby columns cover a month and a quarter; selecting the wrong column would change the claim. The source expresses win amounts in thousands of dollars, which are converted to dollars here. Basketball is a sport category instead of a mobile-only subtotal, and the report's separate mobile line is not a basketball breakdown. The remaining annual measure belongs with the win observation in the takeaways. It describes aggregate reported results, not the expected return of a particular wager or the chance that a bettor finishes the year ahead.

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Methodology and sources

Every figure on this page comes from the organisation that produced it: regulators, statistics offices, public bodies, research institutes, and companies reporting their own data or surveys. Each one links to the original report or dataset and carries its release date. Survey results keep their population and fieldwork period, and financial figures keep the measure the producer used. Figures from different producers are not added together or ranked against each other. The page is reviewed monthly and updated when a producer releases newer data.