AGA: Americans expected to wager $2.72B on NCAA Tournaments

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Americans are anticipated to legally wager $2.72 billion on the men's and women's NCAA Tournaments this year, according to a report by the American Gaming Association released on Thursday.

That would represent a 55 percent increase from the $1.4 million the AGA estimates was wagered on last month's Super Bowl, and 2.2 percent of all money legally wagered in the United States in