That is going to be the most important Tremendous Bowl for playing in current reminiscence. The American Gaming Affiliation estimates that Individuals will wager a mixed $23.1 billion on the Huge Recreation this 12 months, up from $16 billion year-over-year.
The Tremendous Bowl is among the most unusual betting experiences in all of sports activities. It’s not nearly who wins, who scores, or who does what when. Vegas will allow you to wager on absolutely anything. The colour of Gatorade baths, the percentages of an on-field streaker, and the prospect of a postgame proposal are only a few of the numerous, many moments Individuals can burn their cash on throughout Tremendous Bowl Sunday.
In honor of the Huge Recreation’s first foray into the Metropolis of Sin, that is only a style of the wildest and weirdest bets you possibly can place on Tremendous Bowl Sunday.
Sam Darnold to Win Tremendous Bowl MVP: +20000 (DraftKings)
Are you invested within the “Brock Purdy Isn’t Actually a Good Quarterback” Agenda? Keen to place your cash the place your mouth is? Then choose 49ers backup Sam Darnold to win MVP! The chain of occasions that must happen for this to transpire is infinitesimally unlikely. It’s a product of how the MVP race favors Tremendous Bowl MVPs – quarterbacks have gained the award in 32 of the 57 Tremendous Bowl matchups. It’s nonetheless humorous that Darnold is valued on the identical degree or higher than reputable defensive stars like Kansas Metropolis’s Trent McDuffie and San Francisco’s Chavarius Ward, or big-play machine Marquez Valdes-Scantling.
Marquez Valdes-Scantling Over 19.5 Receiving Yards: -120 (DK)
The Chiefs passing offense just about runs solely by means of two gamers: Travis Kelce and Rashee Rice. The lone exception: Marquez Valdes-Scantling. Over the last two video games of the 2024 playoff run, Valdes-Scantling has had 4 catches for a mixed 100 yards. In a single recreation in opposition to Buffalo, he mixed for 2 catches of 30-plus yards. In his playoff profession, Valdes-Scantling averages 18.38 yards per reception. You’re just about betting on MVS to make a catch.
Both Kicker Hits the Uprights/Crossbar on a Missed Discipline Aim/Additional Level at +400 (through The Athletic)
Need to burn cash on a haha humorous sound impact? Go for it! This wager doesn’t simply ask a kicker to overlook his kick. It asks them to ring it off the goalposts to make one of many funniest and oddly satisfying sounds in sports activities. This one ought to be even additional enhanced by the incorporation of FO’s highly innovative “Doink Cameras.”
Drake Wears Kansas Metropolis Chiefs Merch at -170 (through The Athletic)
The Drake Curse is infamous round all of sports activities. OddsShark analyzed a number of the most up-to-date instances that Drake’s alternative in group attire not directly (or instantly) led to the tragic downfall of groups in a championship recreation. The outcomes are both very plausible or somewhat doubtful relying on the way you measure (ex. The Raptors made Drake a group ambassador in 2013, proceeded to lose within the playoffs in tragic vogue 5 straight seasons earlier than lastly profitable a championship in 2019), however the next is simple. This one significantly stands out due to Drake’s bandwagon fandom. It might simply be very humorous to see Drake don the jersey of the winningest, most seen group in American skilled sports activities in current reminiscence in a high-stakes model of the Drake Curse. For those who actually imagine within the unhealthy luck voodoo magic, parlaying the Drake Curse wager with a 49ers moneyline wager (at present -125) pays out round a +185.
Reba McEntire Nationwide Anthem Size Below 90.5 seconds: -128 (FD)
Sportsbooks throughout the panorama predict Reba to breeze by means of this Nationwide Anthem. Traditionally, the common Tremendous Bowl nationwide anthem has lasted 103.5 seconds. That’s spiked in recent times. According to Covers, that common is as much as 115.4 seconds since 2000, and 6 of the final 10 Tremendous Bowls have eclipsed 2 minutes. McEntire is a extra up-paced singer, with the long-lasting 1988 album REBA clocking in at an average of 127 beats per minute (BPM). The Nationwide Anthem is traditionally performed at 92 BPM, however no one’s matching that pace on the Tremendous Bowl. Until Vegas is aware of one thing we don’t (trace: they at all times do), the below looks like a idiot’s wager.
The Usher Halftime Look Props (Covers)
Because the halftime present performer, Usher has entered the betting dialog pretty predictably. His 2004 membership hit “Yeah!” is at present listed at -100000 on Betano. Choices to wager on Ludacris and Lil Jon appearances have been pulled off the board by FanDue, and “My Boo” collaborator Alicia Keys is the odds-on favourite among the many remaining names. That being stated, the remainder of the bets on the board really feel like such lengthy pictures they really feel price mentioning. First off, there’s no approach that Usher would permit himself to be one-upped at his personal headlining occasion by permitting Taylor Swift to swoop in from Japan and steal the present, so we are able to take that +550 choice off the board. The remainder of the names are simply one-off track choices. Justin Bieber (-215) could be the most effective title on the board – Usher helped uncover Bieber and eventually mentored him – however Biebs and Usher solely seem collectively on the “One Less Lonely Girl” remix. That’s a Bieber track, so it feels possible he’s out. Will.i.am (+158) and Put up Malone (-440) are each late-career collaborators, so their look (and their songs) really feel low-impact for the logistics it will take to coordinate their look (though Malone is already doing “America the Beautiful” pregame). Nicki Minaj (+270) and Usher have a number of tracks collectively however apparently they have beef? That leaves Usher’s “DJ’s Got Us Fallin’ In Love” collaborator, Mr. 305 himself: Pitbull (-114). Pitbull beforehand obtained snubbed from the Ciara-J Lo Halftime Present in Miami he had extra purpose to be at, each on a discography case and a geographic case… which suggests it will be extraordinarily humorous if we noticed him for 30 seconds in Vegas this 12 months.
The Taylor Swift Props (DK)
DraftKings has a whole web page devoted solely to Taylor Swift-related props and parlays labeled by Swift track titles. Among the bets, whereas becoming of their track title, are so ludicrous that they bear mentioning:
- Karma: Travis Kelce 0 Receptions & SF to Win at +3000
Travis Kelce has performed 180 mixed video games throughout the common season and postseason. He has been held to zero receptions just once in his complete profession — the second recreation of Kelce’s rookie profession. The Chiefs nonetheless gained that recreation.
- Two is Higher Than One: 2 Profitable 2 Level Conversions at +1200
Two-point conversions are on the rise over the previous couple of years, however that hasn’t utterly translated to the Huge Recreation but. There have only been two Super Bowls ever with a number of profitable two-point conversions: The New England Patriots’ historic comeback in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons in 2017 and the San Diego Chargers’ failed comeback in 1995. It’s already occurred as soon as this run of the playoffs, throughout Dallas’ failed comeback in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers. It’s nonetheless extremely uncommon, although. Groups have had two profitable two-point conversions within the playoffs just five times since 2000. In each case, one group has been answerable for the double two-point conversions.
- Wildest Desires: Travis Kelce to Rating the First and Final TD at +2500
This one isn’t that bizarre by itself. It’s simply odd when in comparison with one other Swiftie prop on this record. Love Story is a prop wager that claims the Chiefs win, and Mahomes and Kelce account for all the Chiefs touchdowns at +2000 odds. Possibly it’s the specificity of “first” and “last,” however having a way more inconceivable sequence of occasions (combining the touchdowns with a win, betting in opposition to any touchdowns from another talent place participant) at extra favorable odds feels off.
