25 Million Fans Betting on the Super Bowl

Atlanta, Ga. – February 1, 2012  – A new poll by Poll Position indicates at least 25 million Americans will bet money on this Sunday’s NFL Super Bowl showdown between the New York Giants and New England Patriots.

In a national scientific telephone poll, Poll Position asked, “Will you bet money on the Super Bowl?”

Eleven percent of respondents said yes they are betting money on the Super Bowl, 78% said no and 10% were undecided or had no opinion on the question.

With roughly 234 million adults in America, the 11% who said they are betting on the Super Bowl would translate into slightly more than 25 million Americans betting money on this year’s Super Bowl.

Eighteen percent of men said they would bet on the game, while only 5% of women say they’ll do so.

Caveat: Not everyone betting on the game will admit it.

More Democrats (16%) say they’ll bet on the big game than Republicans (12%) and independents (5%).

The age group most likely to bet: 18-29 year olds, 19% of whom say they’ll gamble on the game.

See a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation in crosstabs for this poll at http://media.pollposition.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/Poll-Position-crosstabs-Super-Bowl-bet.pdf.

Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,145 registered voters nationwide was conducted January 31, 2012 and has a margin of error of ±3%.  Poll results are weighted to be a representative sampling of all American adults.

What do you think?  Will you bet money on the Super Bowl?
Vote in our online companion poll and comment at http://pollposition.com/2012/02/01/25m-betting-on-super-bowl/.

The online companion poll in which you can vote provides unscientific results, meaning it’s a tally of participating Poll Position users, not a nationally representative sampling.

Poll Position is committed to transparency and upholding the highest professional standards in its polling, explaining why we provide you with the crosstabs of our scientific polls. Crosstabs provide a breakdown of survey participants by age, race, gender, and political affiliation.

Learn more about Poll Position’s polling methodology at http://pollposition.com/2011/09/26/our-polling-methodology/.

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