Super Bowl Props
It started as a fun idea at Super Bowl 20, when oddsmakers offered 15/1 odds on William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry scoring a TD for the Chicago Bears. The big lineman rumbled for a score during the rout of New England and the fun idea of Super Bowl props quickly grew into a serious money-making option for sportsbooks.
Fast forward 30 years and Super Bowl props betting is a bigger deal than the game itself for many casual fans. Starting with the Super Bowl coin toss, moving to the over-under on how long the National Anthem will take and on to a list of hundreds of unique bets on outcomes during the game (who will win Super Bowl MVP) to what color of Gatorade gets dumped on the winning coach’s head and to who the Super Bowl MVP might thank first in his acceptance speech (usually teammates and God are the favorite betting choices).
Super Bowl Coin Toss
It’s the simplest bet possible and gets the action kicked off in style. Who will win the Super Bowl coin toss? Will it be heads or tails? Will the AFC or NFC team win? Will the team calling the toss make the right pick? Will the team that wins the coin toss also win the game?
Check out the Super Bowl coin toss history and current odds for the upcoming game.
Super Bowl MVP Winners, Odds History
It’s almost always a quarterback who claims Super Bowl MVP honors, so the Super Bowl MVP odds are usually tacked with the QBs at the top. But there is always good betting value to be found, as Von Miller and others have proven over the years. Check out the current MVP odds along with the history of past Super Bowl MVP winners.
Super Bowl Halftime Show Prop
Just because the game action pauses at halftime doesn’t mean the wagering action needs to pause. So fans are now able to make dozens of Super Bowl halftime show bets, ranging from what the performers will wear or whether they will screw up lyrics to which song will be performed first.
Check out the updated Halftime Show props, along with some historical perspective on how you might handicap this fun betting opportunity.
Gatorade Shower Prop
Just as the winner is being declared and just before the MVP makes his speech, a betting opportunity appears in the form of the Gatorade Shower prop. This year, water is the favorite. Check out the result of every Gatorade shower since this silly practice began and see the current betting odds.
National Anthem Prop – over under betting
You just bet on the coin toss, you might as well bet on how long it will take the national anthem singer to complete The Star Spangled Banner. Bet over or under, bet on whether the singer will mess up, bet on whether any players will kneel during the anthem, bet on the singer’s wardrobe. Check out the full history of every anthem and how we are handicapping the Super Bowl anthem this year.
Super Bowl Prop Betting History
It began as a lark bet back in 1986 when NFL bettors cashed in big on William “The Refrigerator” Perry scoring a touchdown in Super Bowl XX. The odds were 15-to-1 odds or higher as the Chicago Bears crushed the New England Patriots, 46-10. More importantly, it added some extra excitement and betting opportunities for Super Bowl bettors.
Ever since then, sportsbooks in Las Vegas and around the globe have been finding new ways to bet on the biggest NFL game of the season, with hundreds of prop bets available and more added every year. Whether you are lucky enough to get Super Bowl tickets or watch it on television like millions of others, Super Bowl prop betting has arguably become bigger than the game itself.
There are generally two different types of prop bets available with Super Bowl betting involving both teams and players. However, other popular Super Bowl props you can wager on revolve around singular events happening in the big game, such as the coin toss, if there will be a safety, and if there will be overtime. The safety prop in particular has become a favorite of Super Bowl bettors, who can often get up to 9-1 on “yes” happening.
Super Bowl team props are also fun to bet on and include everything from alternate point spreads and totals to the number of sacks or interceptions each side has or both have combined. Similar to the yardage total player props, these team props tend to last a lot longer because the final results are not known until the end of the game, giving bettors plenty of time to earn their wins – or delay their losses.
However, props are no longer limited to Super Bowl betting. Many online sportsbooks now offer prop betting before the NFL regular season begins and throughout the year to accommodate the ever-growing interest. There are team props including Regular Season Win Totals that involve picking “over” or “under” a designated number for each team set by the sportsbook. Some football bettors even choose to shop around for different numbers, both high and low, in an effort to “middle” what they project to be the final tally of wins. You can also bet on whether or not you think a team will make the playoffs or pick the team you think will finish with the worst record.
Of course the stipulation for these types of props is that you need to hold on to your betting tickets for at least four months before you can cash them. The same goes for NFL player props covering regular season individual leaders in different statistical categories, including passing, rushing and receiving.
In addition, some offshore sportsbooks actually allow you to bet on who you think will win NFL awards this year, including MVP, Rookie of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year. These award-type bets are not allowed in Vegas sportsbooks because they involve voting, which is why they also prohibit wagering on entertainment awards such as the Oscars and Emmys.
And one prop nobody wants to be a part of – who will be the first coach fired this season?