Robinhood has added sports and entertainment event contracts ahead of Super Bowl LX, including markets on game periods, team totals, halftime performances and advertisements. A company representative said the newly added Super Bowl derivatives are Kalshi contracts; Robinhood expects to add more during the week.
The expansion adds event-contract markets for customers and confirms Kalshi’s role as a contract provider to Robinhood.
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Citizens Equity Research analyst Jordan Bender forecast legal Super Bowl 60 betting of $1.5 billion, a 2% year-on-year fall. He said last year’s operator hold of about 17% would make comparisons difficult, while Missouri is the only new state market included. Bender also said prediction-market activity could put pressure on legal sportsbook handle.
Legal Sports Report and the Sports Betting Alliance forecast $1.7 billion in legal wagers on Super Bowl 60. Their projection identifies New York at $170.7 million and New Jersey at $160.6 million as the leading jurisdictions, and includes Missouri after its recent market launch. The alliance’s president said the forecast concerns wagers placed with legal, regulated sportsbooks.
Oregon players placed $8.4 million in Super Bowl wagers through Oregon Lottery’s DraftKings Sportsbook, the lottery said. The wagers generated more than $1.3 million in revenue, and the lottery recorded more than 450,000 bets at an average of $18.30.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported $59,275,463 in wagers on the 2026 Super Bowl in Pennsylvania, down 41.6% from the previous year. Revenue was $18,143,469, compared with a loss of $6,532,147 in the prior Super Bowl period; 90.6% of wagers were placed online.
Nevada’s Gaming Control Board reported that 186 sportsbooks handled $133.8 million in Super Bowl wagers, down from $151.6 million a year earlier and the lowest total in 10 years. Unaudited figures showed sportsbooks won $9.8 million, a 7.4% hold. Sportsbook executives cited prediction markets among several possible factors; Nevada regulators separately sought to stop Coinbase’s prediction-market products, and a federal judge issued a temporary 14-day restraining order.