Your only interest that day will be what kind of food is being served, how much alcohol you’re able to consume, maybe the commercials – if you’re into that sort of thing – and, if you’re lucky, enjoying some good company with friends and family.
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General view of the Super Bowl 50 numerals sculpture and Ferry Terminal at Super Bowl City in downtown San Francisco prior to Super Bowl 50 between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos.
It’s no secret that Newton has been dabbing all over Panthers’ opponents all season long, with some fans taking exception to his antics because, well, they don’t know how to have fun.
Knowing that, some may risk a few dollars on what Chef Curry might be wearing-with the strong bet being something featuring the Panthers.
A prop bet takes individual events within or connected to the game and allows you to bet on them. But I do blog about Super Bowl prop bets every year, which makes it even more significant to me, and I like to talk to people who have done deep-dive analysis on this stuff.
According to Sports Insights’ David Solar, that 71 percent represents the most lopsided betting in Super Bowl history.
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But thanks to the 24-year-old Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA), which prohibits U.S. states, except Nevada, Oregon, Montana and DE, from offering intra-state betting on sports, the activity is still illegal in the majority of states.
The Super Bowl total sits at 45 (again, as of Thursday afternoon). Everything from the coin flip to the first score to the MVP choice has money on it. In the biggest game of his career, Ginn opened the 2007 BCS National Championship Game with a kickoff return for a touchdown for Ohio State. By Wednesday evening the line had crept to Carolina -5.5.
The game will have a variety of prop bets that you can wager on.
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With that said, here are the top five craziest prop bets at this year’s Super Bowl.
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Thanks to the Panthers’ dominant playoff performance and the fact that the Broncos seem like a one-sided team, money continues to pour in on Carolina.
