New York has beaten its own sports betting wager record, hitting $26.3 billion in mobile wagers placed throughout 2025.
Bettors in the Empire State have increased the state’s total wagers by about 15% since 2024, when they hit about $22.6 billion in mobile wagers. New York has consistently been ranked as one of the top sports betting states in the nation, alongside states such as Nevada and New Jersey.
The New York State Gaming Commission released the annual numbers showing that October and November led the year with the most wagers. The summer months came up with the lowest number of total wagers across the board compared to the winter months. October 2025 had the highest amount of total mobile wagers by New York bettors since mobile betting began in January 2022.
There are nine licensed mobile operators in New York. The state has taken several regulatory measures to limit the negative effects of sports betting on New Yorkers, including allowing sports leagues to request restrictions on the betting catalog, a regulation that made headlines following the FBI’s sports betting investigation, which resulted in 31 arrests.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) is expected to discuss her plan to prevent people under 21 years old from participating in sports gambling in her State of the State address on Tuesday. She will look into age verification regulations by directing the state’s Gaming Commission to investigate the implementation of facial recognition and other biometric technology on mobile sports betting platforms, according to ESPN.
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“By engaging tools like biometric age verification, establishing stronger prevention and treatment and applying the same vigilance to online betting that we have brought to social media and AI we will build on our progress to protect New Yorkers from predatory and addictive technologies,” Hochul told the outlet.
Hochul’s State of the State address is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday.