One of the biggest bets on table tennis was on February 2, 2023. A sports bettor in Oregon put down $35,000 on a match between two relatively unknown players in a barren gymnasium in Poland.

Chinese table tennis player Chen Meng is receiving $525,000 from China for nabbing the gold at the Paris Olympics. But the sport has changed since O’Neill first began playing as a kid in Virginia.

Oregon sports bettors wagered $9.1 million on table tennis last month, second only behind baseball Table tennis saw more betting action than soccer, tennis, basketball and football in August.

According to the American Gaming Association, Americans wagered a record $119.84 billion on sports betting in 2023, up 27.5% from 2022. Those bets translated into $10.92 billion in revenue. Where ...