Super Bowl LI: Looking At The Best and Most Ridiculous Prop Bets
By Joe Schiller
I take a look at the best prop bets for this years Super Bowl
If you are not rooting for the Patriots or Falcons, you could be watching the Super Bowl LI for a ton of different reasons. It could be anything from your love of the game to just wanting to watch the commercials, the possibilities are endless. For many, they are watching the game because they have some kind of monetary value on it.
Betting on sports has become very popular. From daily fantasy like Draft Kings and Fan Duel to betting on games, it has made sports much more interesting to the casual fan.
The Super Bowl is known for having a ton of prop bets. A prop bet is a bet on the game that will not have an affect on the final outcome. For example, one could bet on the coin toss at the beginning of the game. The amount of prop bets during the game is ridiculous. The number ranges in the hundreds. I take a look and show you my 20 favorite prop bets that I found.
The prop bets in this post come from an article on USA Today: http://ftw.usatoday.com/2017/01/2017-super-bowl-51-prop-bets-betting-gambling-odds-over-under-score-stats-halftime-show-lady-gaga-atlanta-falcons-new-engand-patriots-las-vegas-fox-broadcast-joe-buck-against-the-spread-predictions
Bets
Numbers shown in parenthesis are either favorite or over/under line
1. Odds the fullback scores a touchdown (Patrick DiMarco: 30/1)
2. Odds on the color of Gatorade that is poured on the winning coach (Orange 7/2)
3. Odds on what color hoodie Bill Belichick wears (Grey 3/1)
4. Odds the game gets delayed in any sort of matter (19/1)
5. Odds there is a Hail Mary completed during the game (66/1)
6. Odds there is a brawl on the field (150/1)
7. Odds a fan will streak on the field (4/1)
8. Over/Under references to Michael Vick (1.5)
9. Odds Dan Quinn wears a head piece during the game (50/1)
10. Odds Joe Buck is clean shaven for the Super Bowl broadcast.
11. Odds of a Halftime Show wardrobe malfunction (2/1)
12. Odds on primary color of Joe Buck’s tie (Blue 1/5)
13. Odds on Lady Gaga’s hair during Halftime Show (Blond 2/3)
14. Odds on who is more likely to host Saturday Night Live after winning the Super Bowl (Tom Brady 1/19)
15. Over/Under on commercials featuring Peyton Manning (1)
16. Odds on which brand will win best commercial (Field 5/3)
17. Odds on which company will air the first Super Bowl commercial (Tied: Lexus, Intel, Wix, Skittles 30/1)
18. Odds someone falls off stage during the Super Bowl halftime performance (12/1)
19. Over/Under on total number of songs during Halftime show (7.5)
20. Odds someone catches on fire during Halftime show (25/1)
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Some of these bets are absolutely ridiculous, but I love it. If you bet some of these, the Super Bowl becomes 1000 times more interesting to watch. Have fun gambling, if you are of legal age of course.