Handicapping SuperBowl XLII & Beyond
Super Bowl betting line odds include the side, the total, the money line and the various proposition bets. One wager that will not get a lot of attention on the Super Bowl betting line is the money line. Any attention it gets will probably come from people betting on the Giants. But is that a good idea? If you think the Patriots are going to win the game then why bet the Giants on the money line?
Looking back at the history of the Super Bowl betting line we see that the winner of the game usually covers the spread as well. If you liked the Giants then betting the money line would make sense but what if you like New England to win. 12 points is a high Super Bowl betting line. Normally you could count on a team winning and covering but the Patriots have not done that lately and they have a history of winning in the Super Bowl and not covering.
They have won three Super Bowls and each time the favorite in the game did not cover the spread. The Patriots won Super Bowl XXXVI against the Rams but where huge underdogs. They won Super Bowl XXXVIII against Carolina but didnt cover the Super Bowl betting line and they failed to cover the following year when they won against Philadelphia.
Super Bowl betting line odds have the New England Patriots a 12 point favorite against the New York Giants with a total of 53.5.
Can you pick the winner of this years Super Bowl? We are not talking about which team will cover the spread, just which team will win.
Super Bowl betting is the most popular type of sports betting and the Super Bowl is the most popular event. The average selling price for a single Super Bowl XLII ticket is well over $4,000. Premium seats for the big game have been listed at almost $20,000. The game matches the unbeaten Patriots searching for a perfect season against a New York team.
That makes for a very popular game. It also helps that the game will be held in great weather conditions at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona where they have a retractable roof.
Super Bowl betting and ticket prices are at record highs. One ticket site sold 14 sideline tickets to a Florida resident for $90,000. Some Super Bowl packages are listed at well over $100,000 on the online auction sites like eBay. Everyone has an interest in seeing if NFL history can be made.
Super Bowl betting is also expected to set records. With all of the online Super Bowl betting plus the legal betting in Nevada and illegal betting with bookies all over the world, the handle will be in the billions. Nevada alone is expected to rake in about $100 million on Super Bowl betting. That is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount wagered online and with bookies around the world in Super Bowl betting.
Super Bowl betting for many gamblers will be all about taking the Patriots. The public loves betting New England and that means the closing line for Super Bowl betting will probably have the Patriots a two touchdown favorite. The total will also be bet over, which means it will probably rise to at least the mid 50s.
Sportsbooks will probably need New England to win the game outright but not cover the Super Bowl betting pointspread and the game to go under the total. That is almost always the case in Super Bowl betting as gamblers bet the favorite on the pointspread, the underdog on the money line, and the game over the total.
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