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Sports BettingGambling Insider · Sep 21

EKG Forecasts 2026 NFL Wagering at $40 Billion, Prediction Markets to Grab 21%

By Gary McFarlane•September 21, 2026

The brief

Eilers & Krejcik Gaming’s first combined forecast credits sportsbooks with $31.7 billion of NFL handle and prediction markets with $8.4 billion. But the prediction market figure depends on an unpublished method for turning exchange trading volume into a sportsbook-style handle number, and the Week 1 data points to a b…

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