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100 Golf Betting Statistics for 2026
Golf betting statistics can describe wagering volume, recorded activity or the money retained after payouts. These measures answer different questions, even when they come from the same monthly report. This article uses original reports from Illinois, Maryland and the South Dakota Commission on Gaming. Illinois separates online and in-person Golf columns. Maryland provides a Golf row with stakes, payouts and hold. South Dakota's selected row is labelled PGA and covers the reported Deadwood casino market; it is not treated as every golf competition or all betting across the state. The observations retain those boundaries, original periods and source precision. No national or global golf total is constructed, and no aggregate rate is presented as an individual chance of winning. The original tables reproduced below allow readers to inspect both the selected cells and their surrounding headings.
Headline figures
- Illinois January 2026: online golf handle was $6,747,502.31. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois August 2026: in-person golf handle was $172,624.27. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois January 2026: online golf wagers were 143,445. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois August 2026: in-person golf wagers were 3,625. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Maryland January 2026: golf stakes were $1,707,660. (MLG, Feb 2026)
- Maryland September 2026: golf payouts were $1,524,603. (MLG, Oct 2026)
- Maryland January 2026: golf hold rate was 15.3%. (MLG, Feb 2026)
- Maryland September 2026: golf hold was $133,285. (MLG, Oct 2026)
- Deadwood October 2025, PGA handle: $698.50. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood October 2025, PGA statistical win: -$274.55. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood September 2026, PGA handle: $1,610.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood September 2026, PGA payout percentage: 130.05%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
How much golf handle does Illinois report?
The Illinois Gaming Board's All Wagering Activity Sport Detail reports separate channels and sport columns. Handle means money wagered within that table's reporting scope. It is not the operator's retained revenue, and repeated wagering can make it substantially different from deposits or the number of customers. Golf is a separate sport column; the table does not split this column by tour, tournament or player. Parlay appears as another column, so those wagers are not reassigned to golf here. The selected monthly reports form a continuous administrative series. Each report was generated from the regulator's system at the saved snapshot date, which should not be mistaken for the original publication date of that month's figures. The original page below preserves both channel totals and their column headings.
What does the online channel show?
- Illinois February 2026: online golf handle was $17,236,499.56. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois March 2026: online golf handle was $17,064,309.09. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois April 2026: online golf handle was $28,148,242.75. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois May 2026: online golf handle was $18,875,892.91. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois June 2026: online golf handle was $18,259,405.74. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois July 2026: online golf handle was $18,771,010.16. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois August 2026: online golf handle was $19,579,933.97. (IGB, Nov 2026)
The online series below follows the opening-month observation in the takeaways. Every amount comes directly from the Golf column's online total. It is not reconstructed by summing operator rows or combined with retail handle. Changes in this series describe reported wagering amounts. The table alone cannot attribute a movement to a particular competition, customer group or betting promotion. Its sport definition must remain attached to any comparison with another state.
What does the in-person channel show?
- Illinois January 2026: in-person golf handle was $70,017.81. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois February 2026: in-person golf handle was $169,966.83. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois March 2026: in-person golf handle was $169,264.00. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois April 2026: in-person golf handle was $278,782.40. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois May 2026: in-person golf handle was $222,393.75. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois June 2026: in-person golf handle was $219,306.02. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois July 2026: in-person golf handle was $202,680.36. (IGB, Nov 2026)
The in-person series uses the other channel block on the same report page. The final selected month appears in the takeaways; preceding months are listed here with their original cents precision. These values are not a count of visits to betting locations. Nor does the channel label establish how many unique people also used an online account. The source's channel distinction is maintained without calculating a combined customer population or assigning unreported competition-level shares.
What do Illinois golf wager counts measure?
The wager-detail page provides a different measure from the handle-detail page. Its Golf column records the source's wager counts by channel, instead of dollars staked. Counts are reproduced as supplied, using the reporting precision of the saved source. These values are not silently reinterpreted as distinct tickets, and no unsupported explanation is assigned to the producer's counting convention. These administrative totals should not be relabelled as customers, tickets held by distinct people or golf matches. The separate Parlay column remains outside the selected Golf cells. Reading the original table alongside the money series makes clear why one cannot substitute for the other. This article does not divide handle by the counts to manufacture an average bet, particularly where the reporting conventions would require further clarification from the producer.
What are the remaining online wager counts?
- Illinois February 2026: online golf wagers were 416,606. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois March 2026: online golf wagers were 394,407. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois April 2026: online golf wagers were 681,501. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois May 2026: online golf wagers were 384,925. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois June 2026: online golf wagers were 304,689. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois July 2026: online golf wagers were 373,430. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois August 2026: online golf wagers were 272,556. (IGB, Nov 2026)
The opening-month online count is in the takeaways. The remaining monthly observations retain the source's Golf category and online channel. Integer-valued cells are displayed without unnecessary decimal places; the underlying register preserves the source values. These observations measure recorded wagering activity, not the number of individuals participating. A person may place many wagers, and the table provides no basis for identifying unique customers. The counts are therefore kept separate from participation surveys or population estimates.
What are the remaining in-person wager counts?
- Illinois January 2026: in-person golf wagers were 1,612. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois February 2026: in-person golf wagers were 4,044. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois March 2026: in-person golf wagers were 4,568. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois April 2026: in-person golf wagers were 7,177. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois May 2026: in-person golf wagers were 4,725. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois June 2026: in-person golf wagers were 4,458. (IGB, Nov 2026)
- Illinois July 2026: in-person golf wagers were 5,052. (IGB, Nov 2026)
The in-person totals below use the same report family and sport column. The last selected month appears in the takeaways, leaving the earlier monthly observations here. They are not added to online counts to estimate participation. The distinction between channels is an administrative reporting distinction. It does not establish that their customers are mutually exclusive. Retaining the monthly observations also avoids replacing the original series with a calculated annual count that would cover only part of the year.
What do Maryland's golf stakes and payouts show?
Maryland Lottery and Gaming publishes a Bets By Sport worksheet within its monthly sports-wagering workbooks. The selected row is Golf. Other sports and Parlay / Combinations have separate rows and are excluded from these observations. Total Wagered and Total Payouts are different monetary columns, so neither should be described as operator profit or tax receipts. The figures retain the worksheet's displayed whole-dollar precision instead of exposing longer cached floating-point values as additional accuracy. The selected months are not a continuous run: the missing month is not imputed, and no annual total is calculated. The original worksheet image preserves the row label and column headers needed to audit the selection. Neighbouring categories remain visible as context but contribute no counted observations to this article.
What are the remaining golf stakes?
- Maryland March 2026: golf stakes were $6,181,062. (MLG, Apr 2026)
- Maryland April 2026: golf stakes were $8,948,872. (MLG, May 2026)
- Maryland May 2026: golf stakes were $7,401,140. (MLG, Jun 2026)
- Maryland June 2026: golf stakes were $5,288,659. (MLG, Jul 2026)
- Maryland July 2026: golf stakes were $6,051,826. (MLG, Aug 2026)
- Maryland August 2026: golf stakes were $6,247,216. (MLG, Sep 2026)
- Maryland September 2026: golf stakes were $1,657,888. (MLG, Oct 2026)
These stake observations follow the opening-month value in the takeaways. They refer only to the golf row of each named monthly workbook, not to all sports wagering in Maryland. The gaps in the selected calendar are explicit. The figures are not interpolated, annualised or combined with another state's separately reported golf category. An amount wagered can include repeated use of funds and therefore does not identify net household spending.
What are the remaining golf payouts?
- Maryland January 2026: golf payouts were $1,446,359. (MLG, Feb 2026)
- Maryland March 2026: golf payouts were $6,450,708. (MLG, Apr 2026)
- Maryland April 2026: golf payouts were $7,628,279. (MLG, May 2026)
- Maryland May 2026: golf payouts were $6,427,209. (MLG, Jun 2026)
- Maryland June 2026: golf payouts were $4,722,876. (MLG, Jul 2026)
- Maryland July 2026: golf payouts were $5,378,498. (MLG, Aug 2026)
- Maryland August 2026: golf payouts were $6,082,288. (MLG, Sep 2026)
The payout column records a separate flow from stakes. The latest selected payout appears in the takeaways; the preceding observations below retain the workbook's golf scope and published display precision. Payouts should not be described as the number of winning customers or a probability of winning. Their interpretation depends on the reporting period and accounting conventions. No individual betting outcome can be inferred from these aggregate amounts, and they are not used here to construct a national payout total.
How does Maryland report golf hold?
The same Maryland worksheet includes Hold and Hold % columns beside stakes and payouts. This article reproduces those supplied cells, including the workbook's cached formula results, instead of calculating replacement values from already rounded display amounts. Hold is a monetary accounting measure; the rate is a percentage with a separate unit. Neither is a count of bettors, and a monthly aggregate rate is not a prediction for an individual wager. The Golf row remains separate from Parlay / Combinations throughout. The original table below shows how the sport categories sit beside each other without combining them. Because displayed dollars are rounded independently, subtracting the printed payout amount from the printed stake amount may differ slightly from the producer's displayed hold. The source result is retained.
What are the remaining monetary hold observations?
- Maryland January 2026: golf hold was $261,301. (MLG, Feb 2026)
- Maryland March 2026: golf hold was -$269,647. (MLG, Apr 2026)
- Maryland April 2026: golf hold was $1,320,593. (MLG, May 2026)
- Maryland May 2026: golf hold was $973,931. (MLG, Jun 2026)
- Maryland June 2026: golf hold was $565,783. (MLG, Jul 2026)
- Maryland July 2026: golf hold was $673,328. (MLG, Aug 2026)
- Maryland August 2026: golf hold was $164,927. (MLG, Sep 2026)
The latest selected monetary hold appears in the takeaways. Earlier observations are reproduced below from the current-month Hold column, with the same golf definition and whole-dollar formatting as the original worksheets. These amounts are not labelled as adjusted taxable revenue. The source table does not support treating every retained dollar as profit after operating costs, nor does this article derive tax payments from it. Keeping the producer's field name avoids changing the accounting measure.
What are the remaining reported hold rates?
- Maryland March 2026: golf hold rate was -4.4%. (MLG, Apr 2026)
- Maryland April 2026: golf hold rate was 14.8%. (MLG, May 2026)
- Maryland May 2026: golf hold rate was 13.2%. (MLG, Jun 2026)
- Maryland June 2026: golf hold rate was 10.7%. (MLG, Jul 2026)
- Maryland July 2026: golf hold rate was 11.1%. (MLG, Aug 2026)
- Maryland August 2026: golf hold rate was 2.6%. (MLG, Sep 2026)
- Maryland September 2026: golf hold rate was 8.0%. (MLG, Oct 2026)
The opening-month rate is in the takeaways. The remaining rates below use the worksheet's displayed percentage precision. They are copied from the source's current-month cells, not recalculated from the rounded dollar amounts printed in this article. These are aggregate reporting-period ratios. They do not describe the chance that a customer wins a bet or the percentage of customers who lose. Comparing them across months requires retaining the same product definition and recognising that the underlying wagering and settlement mix can differ.
What do Deadwood's PGA betting reports show?
The South Dakota Commission on Gaming publishes monthly Sports Wagering Detail tables for the Deadwood casino market. The selected row is labelled PGA. That label is retained instead of broadening it to every golf tour or assuming it matches the Golf categories in other jurisdictions. The table reports handle, statistical win and average payout percentage as separate fields. A negative win or a payout percentage above the usual whole is retained as an accounting result, not interpreted as an individual betting probability. The monthly reference period is printed in each report. A separate publication day was not established from the source, so citations transparently give the retrieval date. PDF creation metadata is saved for audit but is not substituted for a verified public release date. The original page below preserves the product label and monetary headings.
What are the remaining PGA handle observations?
- Deadwood November 2025, PGA handle: $1,450.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood December 2025, PGA handle: $10,068.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood January 2026, PGA handle: $2,045.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood February 2026, PGA handle: $22,075.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood March 2026, PGA handle: $10,265.90. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood April 2026, PGA handle: $14,313.70. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood May 2026, PGA handle: $8,501.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood June 2026, PGA handle: $7,651.40. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood July 2026, PGA handle: $9,425.60. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood August 2026, PGA handle: $6,657.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
The first and latest selected handle observations appear in the takeaways. These remaining monthly amounts use the original PGA row and Deadwood market scope, with cents retained. Handle records money wagered in the reporting period. It is not a unique-customer count or the amount retained by operators after payouts. No statewide or national golf total is inferred from these local administrative observations.
What are the remaining PGA statistical-win observations?
- Deadwood November 2025, PGA statistical win: -$339.90. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood December 2025, PGA statistical win: $9,357.25. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood January 2026, PGA statistical win: $813.40. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood February 2026, PGA statistical win: $20,033.35. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood March 2026, PGA statistical win: $2,020.00. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood April 2026, PGA statistical win: $6,858.25. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood May 2026, PGA statistical win: $3,094.51. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood June 2026, PGA statistical win: $1,297.28. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood July 2026, PGA statistical win: $2,258.13. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood August 2026, PGA statistical win: $195.57. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood September 2026, PGA statistical win: -$483.76. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
The opening-month statistical win is in the takeaways. These remaining observations preserve the source's dollar unit and signs. Statistical win is a reported accounting measure. It should not be relabelled as taxable profit or as the money lost by every participant.
What are the remaining PGA payout percentages?
- Deadwood October 2025, PGA payout percentage: 139.31%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood November 2025, PGA payout percentage: 123.44%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood December 2025, PGA payout percentage: 7.06%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood January 2026, PGA payout percentage: 60.22%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood February 2026, PGA payout percentage: 9.25%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood March 2026, PGA payout percentage: 80.32%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood April 2026, PGA payout percentage: 52.09%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood May 2026, PGA payout percentage: 63.60%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood June 2026, PGA payout percentage: 83.05%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood July 2026, PGA payout percentage: 76.04%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
- Deadwood August 2026, PGA payout percentage: 97.06%. (SDCG, Nov 2026)
The latest selected payout percentage appears in the takeaways. Earlier monthly rates below retain the producer's displayed precision and PGA category. The percentage describes aggregate reported payouts relative to wagering in that period. It is not the probability of a winning bet, and no individual return is promised by the historical ratio.
Glossary
- Payouts
- the source's reported payout flow, distinct from stakes and retained revenue.
- Hold
- Maryland's supplied monetary field, not a claim about profit after operating costs.
- Statistical win
- the Deadwood table's reported win amount, with signs preserved.
- Golf
- the sport label used by Illinois and Maryland, without a selected tour-level breakdown.
- PGA
- the specific source row in Deadwood's Sports Wagering Detail table.
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.
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- MLG · Feb 2026
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