Sports betting became legal in Colorado this May. There was more than $25 million bet on sports the first month, and the most bet-on sport was ... table tennis. There was about $6.6 million bet on ping pong, almost four times more than any other sport.
We all know 2020 was weird, and it was in the sports betting world too. Thanks to games going away due to coronavirus, we learned about Bundesliga, handicapped table tennis and made Korean baseball a thing. Sportsbooks even had a losing month, which almost never happens.
It was ironic: Sports betting was available to more people than ever before thanks to states voting to legalize it, and there was nothing to bet on.