Information broke on Tuesday that 68 million Americans are projected to place a bet on the Super Bowl this Sunday, totaling $23 billion. In the event you’re not a lot of a sports activities bettor your self, you could be questioning what kind of bets individuals are making on the massive recreation this week that quantities to that unimaginable amount of cash.
Sure, you possibly can wager on who wins the sport, however the breadth of betting choices has by no means been extra plentiful than it’s in the present day. Perhaps you wish to wager on the results of the opening coin toss or who will catch the primary move of the sport. Or maybe you’d prefer to wager on the colour of the Gatorade dumped on the profitable coach. There’s greater than you suppose out there on the authorized sportsbooks.
Betting on the Tremendous Bowl’s recreation consequence
The commonest NFL bets for any recreation revolve across the unfold, over/underneath and moneyline. The unfold represents the factors that sportsbooks are projecting one staff to win by.
Unfold
For instance, the San Francisco 49ers are favorites over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs this Sunday, with the present unfold 49ers -2. Meaning, that in the event you needed to again San Francisco towards the unfold, you’d want them to win by greater than two factors to win your wager.
In the event you suppose Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs maintain this recreation shut, you would possibly again Kansas Metropolis +2, which might turn out to be a profitable wager within the occasion that Kansas Metropolis misplaced by one level, or received the sport.
Moneyline
A moneyline wager is just a wager on a staff to win the sport. San Francisco is at the moment -125 on the moneyline because the favorites and Kansas Metropolis is about at +105. In the event you needed to wager the 49ers to win, these odds imply you’d must wager $125 to win $100, whereas in the event you wager Kansas Metropolis to win, you’d wager $100 to revenue $105.
Over/underneath
That is the projected whole factors scored within the recreation. As of this writing, the over/underneath for Tremendous Bowl LVIII is 47.5 factors. In the event you wager the over and the ultimate rating was 30-20, you’ll win. If it was, say, 17-14, you’ll lose. Easy sufficient!
Our ideas on betting the sport’s consequence
For what it is value, we’re drawn to Patrick Mahomes and Kansas Metropolis because the underdogs. They weren’t favored final February both and received 38-35 over Philadelphia. Mahomes is the NFL’s finest quarterback and is 10-1-1 towards the unfold as an underdog in his profession. That is a pattern we prefer to again.
Enjoyable bets to make on the Las Vegas Tremendous Bowl
There are many novelty bets that you could place on Sunday’s motion. Some are extra ridiculous than others, however hey, betting will be enjoyable when executed responsibly.
Gatorade Colour
One of many more popular prop bets is the colour of the Gatorade dumped on the profitable coach after the sport, as is custom in a championship recreation.
Final yr noticed purple dumped on Andy Reid, solely the second time that coloration has been the one since 2001. As of the beginning of this week, BetMGM had reported that orange is probably the most wager coloration for use on the finish of the sport.
Taylor Swift themed over/unders
You thought sportsbooks would not attempt to money in on the Taylor Swift craze with the pop star courting Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce? Yeah proper.
DraftKings has constructed a complete menu of Swift-themed bets, highlighting her numerous hit singles. There’s “22: Any Quarter to have 22+ factors scored” at +400. There’s even “Karma: Travis Kelce to have 0 receptions and 49ers to win” at +3000.
Please, do not wager that one.
In all, we’re seeing 26 totally different choices on DraftKings with Swift’s numerous songs.