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100 Parlay Betting Statistics for 2026

Parlay statistics are often discussed as if every reporting system measures the same product. The original tables used here show why that assumption needs care. Illinois places Parlay beside individual sport columns. Maryland reports a Parlay / Combinations row. Nevada publishes a narrower Sports Parlay Cards category within its statewide gaming report. This article keeps those labels visible and does not combine them into a national market estimate. It follows the money wagered, the administrative activity counts and the reported financial outcomes in separate sections. None of those measures identifies the number of people who bet or the probability that a particular combination succeeds. Each observation has a named jurisdiction, period and original-source citation. The accompanying table images retain neighbouring categories and headings so readers can inspect the reporting boundaries themselves.

Headline figures

  • Illinois January 2026: online parlay handle was $437,417,805.88. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois August 2026: in-person parlay handle was $3,867,368.27. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois January 2026: online parlay wagers were 17,592,639.44. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois August 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 90,177.59. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Maryland January 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $233,143,958. (MLG, Feb 2026)
  • Maryland September 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $209,665,042. (MLG, Oct 2026)
  • Maryland January 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 23.0%. (MLG, Feb 2026)
  • Maryland September 2026: parlay/combination hold was $36,667,691. (MLG, Oct 2026)
  • Nevada September 2026: 151 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Oct 2026)
  • Nevada September 2026 parlay-card win: 1,553 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Oct 2026)
  • Nevada February 2026 parlay-card win percentage: -2.01%. (NGCB, Mar 2026)
  • Nevada November 2025 parlay-card win: 2,070 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Dec 2025)

How does Illinois report parlay stakes?

Illinois provides a Parlay column within its All Wagering Activity Sport Detail reports. This is a wagering-format category alongside sport categories, so it cannot be assigned entirely to football, basketball or another sport from this table alone. The selected handle cells measure money wagered through the named channel. They do not identify the number of legs in a combination, distinguish same-game from cross-game products or measure customers' deposits. Online and in-person totals are kept separate to preserve the report layout. The monthly observations use the saved regulator-generated snapshots and retain cents precision. No estimate of unreported activity is added, and no annual total is manufactured from a partial calendar. The original handle page below shows where the Parlay column sits in relation to the individual-sport columns.

What are the online parlay handle observations?

  • Illinois February 2026: online parlay handle was $332,407,882.45. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois March 2026: online parlay handle was $416,070,072.30. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois April 2026: online parlay handle was $364,776,630.86. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois May 2026: online parlay handle was $327,883,814.50. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois June 2026: online parlay handle was $475,211,334.12. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois July 2026: online parlay handle was $291,169,123.37. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois August 2026: online parlay handle was $319,257,534.61. (IGB, Nov 2026)

The first selected online observation is in the takeaways. The remaining months below come from the same Parlay column and channel block, allowing the original administrative series to be read without changing its category definition. The table does not reveal how those stakes are distributed across combinations with different numbers of selections. It also supplies no basis for treating a change in handle as an equivalent change in the number of customers or in net losses.

What are the in-person parlay handle observations?

  • Illinois January 2026: in-person parlay handle was $7,075,440.00. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois February 2026: in-person parlay handle was $5,965,269.30. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois March 2026: in-person parlay handle was $6,479,946.77. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois April 2026: in-person parlay handle was $4,843,843.35. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois May 2026: in-person parlay handle was $4,882,377.12. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois June 2026: in-person parlay handle was $4,014,548.49. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois July 2026: in-person parlay handle was $4,009,123.08. (IGB, Nov 2026)

The last selected in-person amount appears in the takeaways. The other months below use the report's in-person total for Parlay, instead of a sum of sport-specific stakes or an estimate based on operator market shares. Channel totals describe where wagering is reported, not mutually exclusive groups of people. A customer could use more than one channel. These figures therefore remain monetary observations and are not converted into visits, accounts or a participation rate.

What does Illinois count as parlay wagering activity?

The wager-detail page supplies the Parlay activity counts separately from the money amounts. The source contains fractional values in this column; those are retained exactly instead of rounded into an invented number of whole tickets. The report does not explain enough here to interpret those fractions as pieces of individual customers or selections. The observations therefore use the regulator's administrative measure without claiming a more specific denominator. This distinction also prevents a misleading average-stake calculation from mixing uncertain count conventions with precise monetary totals. Online and in-person records remain separate. Counts from different months are not added to estimate unique participants, and the number of components within each combination is not inferred. The original page below makes both channel blocks and the Parlay column available for inspection.

What are the remaining online parlay counts?

  • Illinois February 2026: online parlay wagers were 11,817,220.26. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois March 2026: online parlay wagers were 15,236,729.89. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois April 2026: online parlay wagers were 15,516,368.65. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois May 2026: online parlay wagers were 14,531,655.74. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois June 2026: online parlay wagers were 16,728,048.70. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois July 2026: online parlay wagers were 12,019,025.72. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois August 2026: online parlay wagers were 12,152,173.36. (IGB, Nov 2026)

The opening-month online count appears in the takeaways. Subsequent observations below preserve the original values, including any decimal fractions. The unit is the source's wager count, not the number of individual selections within the combinations. These figures cannot establish how many distinct customers participated. They also do not identify winning combinations or measure the number of sporting events covered. A more detailed interpretation would require reporting definitions beyond the cells reproduced in this series.

What are the remaining in-person parlay counts?

  • Illinois January 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 147,221.46. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois February 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 100,768.63. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois March 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 132,112.14. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois April 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 114,016.76. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois May 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 114,332.98. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois June 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 92,292.44. (IGB, Nov 2026)
  • Illinois July 2026: in-person parlay wagers were 81,262.29. (IGB, Nov 2026)

The latest selected in-person count is in the takeaways. Earlier months are listed below in their original channel and category. Decimal fractions are preserved where present, with no attempt to reinterpret the producer's counting convention. The series is useful as an administrative record of reported activity, provided its limits remain explicit. It is not a survey of betting habits and does not show the number of legs on a typical ticket. No customer count is derived from it.

What does Maryland report for parlay stakes and payouts?

Maryland's monthly workbook places Parlay / Combinations on a separate row from individual sports. The Total Wagered and Total Payouts columns describe different monetary flows within that category. They are reproduced at the whole-dollar precision displayed in the original worksheet, instead of with the extra digits stored in cached cells. The selected months are deliberately identified instead of presented as a complete annual series; the absent month is neither estimated nor filled with another jurisdiction's data. This table does not split combinations by sport, number of selections or betting interface. It consequently supports a category-level account, not a claim about every specific parlay product. The original worksheet image retains its headings and adjacent rows so that the selected category can be located without redefining it.

What are the remaining parlay and combination stakes?

  • Maryland March 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $219,492,133. (MLG, Apr 2026)
  • Maryland April 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $201,813,570. (MLG, May 2026)
  • Maryland May 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $217,695,881. (MLG, Jun 2026)
  • Maryland June 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $266,735,578. (MLG, Jul 2026)
  • Maryland July 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $172,544,203. (MLG, Aug 2026)
  • Maryland August 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $167,406,511. (MLG, Sep 2026)
  • Maryland September 2026: parlay/combination stakes were $246,332,734. (MLG, Oct 2026)

The opening-month stake amount appears in the takeaways. The remaining selected months below use the Parlay / Combinations row of the original Maryland workbooks. These amounts are not sums assembled from the separate sport rows. Stakes describe wagering volume instead of net customer expenditure. The same funds can support repeated wagering, and a category total does not identify unique participants. The article does not allocate these combinations to individual sports or calculate an unsupported national share.

What are the remaining parlay and combination payouts?

  • Maryland January 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $179,452,318. (MLG, Feb 2026)
  • Maryland March 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $179,689,053. (MLG, Apr 2026)
  • Maryland April 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $160,131,420. (MLG, May 2026)
  • Maryland May 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $169,737,639. (MLG, Jun 2026)
  • Maryland June 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $223,999,811. (MLG, Jul 2026)
  • Maryland July 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $139,003,823. (MLG, Aug 2026)
  • Maryland August 2026: parlay/combination payouts were $138,323,552. (MLG, Sep 2026)

The final selected payout amount appears in the takeaways. Earlier observations below retain the original Total Payouts column and category label. They are not substituted for hold, tax payments or the number of customers receiving a payout. The source reports aggregate money amounts, not the distribution of outcomes across tickets. A large payout total cannot by itself establish a high probability of winning. Comparisons with stakes must keep the accounting period and the producer's category definition attached.

How much parlay hold does Maryland report?

Maryland's Hold and Hold % cells provide monetary and percentage views of the reported category outcome. They are supplied by the original workbook and retained here as separate measures. The article does not calculate replacement hold values by subtracting dollar amounts that have already been rounded for display. Nor does it interpret a monthly aggregate percentage as the probability of an individual combination losing. The Parlay / Combinations label is maintained, without assuming that every product has the same pricing, number of selections or settlement pattern. These data also do not identify profit after business costs or adjusted taxable proceeds. The original table below makes the relationship between the monetary columns visible while preserving the producer's own field labels and independently rounded presentation.

What are the remaining monetary parlay hold amounts?

  • Maryland January 2026: parlay/combination hold was $53,691,640. (MLG, Feb 2026)
  • Maryland March 2026: parlay/combination hold was $39,803,080. (MLG, Apr 2026)
  • Maryland April 2026: parlay/combination hold was $41,682,150. (MLG, May 2026)
  • Maryland May 2026: parlay/combination hold was $47,958,242. (MLG, Jun 2026)
  • Maryland June 2026: parlay/combination hold was $42,735,767. (MLG, Jul 2026)
  • Maryland July 2026: parlay/combination hold was $33,540,379. (MLG, Aug 2026)
  • Maryland August 2026: parlay/combination hold was $29,082,960. (MLG, Sep 2026)

The latest selected hold amount is in the takeaways. Earlier observations below come from the workbook's current-month Hold column. Whole-dollar presentation follows the source table, while the evidence register retains the underlying cached cell values for checking. The source's label is used without equating hold to operating profit. It also does not imply that the reported amount was collected as tax. Separating those concepts prevents a monetary category outcome from being repurposed as an unrelated fiscal or corporate measure.

What are the remaining reported parlay hold rates?

  • Maryland March 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 18.1%. (MLG, Apr 2026)
  • Maryland April 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 20.7%. (MLG, May 2026)
  • Maryland May 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 22.0%. (MLG, Jun 2026)
  • Maryland June 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 16.0%. (MLG, Jul 2026)
  • Maryland July 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 19.4%. (MLG, Aug 2026)
  • Maryland August 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 17.4%. (MLG, Sep 2026)
  • Maryland September 2026: parlay/combination hold rate was 14.9%. (MLG, Oct 2026)

The opening-month hold rate appears in the takeaways. The other selected rates below retain the worksheet's percentage precision. They are source-provided ratios, instead of calculations made from the independently rounded dollar figures printed elsewhere in the article. A category-level monthly ratio does not disclose the likelihood of success for a particular combination. It cannot establish how outcomes vary with the number of selections, and it should not be presented as a forecast of a customer's future results.

What do Nevada's separate parlay-card reports show?

Nevada labels its selected category Sports Parlay Cards. That narrower source label is retained throughout this section; these values are not described as all Nevada parlays or combined with Illinois and Maryland's broader categories. The statewide table reports current-month licensed locations, win amount and win percentage before showing longer reporting windows. Only the monthly columns contribute observations here. Monetary win is expressed in thousands of dollars, and parentheses in the original table indicate negative amounts or rates. The location count is a count of reporting premises, not a count of cards sold, customers or online accounts. The original excerpt below preserves the neighbouring sport rows and multi-period headers, allowing the selected category and the reporting window to be distinguished without reconstructing an unsupported market total.

What are the remaining monthly parlay-card win amounts?

  • Nevada October 2025 parlay-card win: 1,600 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Nov 2025)
  • Nevada December 2025 parlay-card win: 1,219 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Jan 2026)
  • Nevada January 2026 parlay-card win: 395 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Feb 2026)
  • Nevada February 2026 parlay-card win: -13 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Mar 2026)
  • Nevada March 2026 parlay-card win: 163 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Apr 2026)
  • Nevada April 2026 parlay-card win: 86 thousand dollars. (NGCB, May 2026)
  • Nevada May 2026 parlay-card win: 128 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Jun 2026)
  • Nevada June 2026 parlay-card win: 104 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Jul 2026)
  • Nevada July 2026 parlay-card win: 180 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Aug 2026)
  • Nevada August 2026 parlay-card win: 197 thousand dollars. (NGCB, Sep 2026)

The highest and latest selected monthly win amounts appear in the takeaways. The other observations retain Nevada's parlay-card category, thousand-dollar unit and original signs. These amounts are reported win, not money wagered. The article does not infer parlay-card handle or tax receipts from them.

What are the remaining monthly parlay-card win percentages?

  • Nevada October 2025 parlay-card win percentage: 36.43%. (NGCB, Nov 2025)
  • Nevada November 2025 parlay-card win percentage: 45.14%. (NGCB, Dec 2025)
  • Nevada December 2025 parlay-card win percentage: 39.00%. (NGCB, Jan 2026)
  • Nevada January 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 21.97%. (NGCB, Feb 2026)
  • Nevada March 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 13.88%. (NGCB, Apr 2026)
  • Nevada April 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 9.29%. (NGCB, May 2026)
  • Nevada May 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 14.72%. (NGCB, Jun 2026)
  • Nevada June 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 10.58%. (NGCB, Jul 2026)
  • Nevada July 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 15.38%. (NGCB, Aug 2026)
  • Nevada August 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 13.89%. (NGCB, Sep 2026)
  • Nevada September 2026 parlay-card win percentage: 37.97%. (NGCB, Oct 2026)

The negative monthly rate appears in the takeaways. The remaining source percentages below are taken from the current-month win-percentage column, instead of the adjacent percentage-change column. These aggregate ratios describe the reported category outcome. They are not probabilities for an individual card.

How many locations reported parlay cards each month?

  • Nevada October 2025: 156 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Nov 2025)
  • Nevada November 2025: 159 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Dec 2025)
  • Nevada December 2025: 155 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Jan 2026)
  • Nevada January 2026: 142 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Feb 2026)
  • Nevada February 2026: 34 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Mar 2026)
  • Nevada March 2026: 30 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Apr 2026)
  • Nevada April 2026: 27 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, May 2026)
  • Nevada May 2026: 31 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Jun 2026)
  • Nevada June 2026: 33 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Jul 2026)
  • Nevada July 2026: 35 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Aug 2026)
  • Nevada August 2026: 40 licensed locations reported parlay cards. (NGCB, Sep 2026)

The latest location count appears in the takeaways. The other monthly observations use Nevada's licensed-location column. They are separate from the table's unit counts and longer-period averages. Adding these observations would count recurring locations repeatedly. They do not identify the number of customers or cards purchased.

Glossary

Parlay
the Illinois report's named combination-wagering category, separate from individual sport columns.
Parlay / Combinations
the Maryland workbook category used here without splitting its products further.
Sports Parlay Cards
Nevada's specific source category; not a synonym for all parlay wagering in that state.
Total Payouts
the producer's reported monetary payout field, not a count of winners.
Hold
Maryland's monetary category outcome, distinct from taxes and profit after operating costs.

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.