A National Research Group survey of 1,000 American bettors ages 18 to 64 found that 64% of respondents who bet on the 2022 NCAA tournament did not fill out a bracket.
, 45 million American adults are expected to wager a total of $3.1 billion throughout this year's tournament, down slightly from the 47.4 million adults who wagered in 2021. The AGA estimates that bettors will place 76% of their wagers outside of brackets, up from 55% in 2021.
About 20.9 million Americans are expected to bet on the tournament outside of bracket contests through a retail sportsbook online, with a bookie or casually with friends, down 32% from 2021 but up nearly 20% from 2019. Meanwhile, 36.5 million Americans are expected to wager via a bracket contest or similar pool, about flat from 2021.
"Now you could place a bet on a particular game or the outcome of the tournament entirely," Clark said. "And I think that the luster of going out of bracket has been diminishing and that's a trend we've seen continue over the past several years."
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