Superbowl XLIV: Moneybags on this “Big Game”

To be clear, Super Bowl XLIV will be a huge betting day for sports betting, both in Vegas and for the online sportsbooks too. Both the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints have the tools to ensure victory; little wonder then that the action has been fairly evenly placed on both sides and that the Colts have remained a single-score favorite.

Bodog Online Sportsbook currently places Indianapolis as 5-point favorites in SuperBowl XLIV – a very appealing line. The Total points bet has remained relatively constant, but there has been some movement, from an opening line of 55-points to 56.5 on leading sportsbooks such as Sportsbook.com, due to the high scoring nature of both teams. However, as any savvy online sports bettor knows SuperBowl Sunday offers so much more than just straight up game wagers.

Super Bowl “Prop” bets have exploded as popular options for old and new gamers alike and can often be more profitable than betting on the game itself! The leader in Prop bets, Bodog.com currently has over 165 prop bets for you to wager on from the simple – who will win Super Bowl MVP (Peyton Manning leads the way with a 4/7 payoff) to the amazingly specific – how many tackles and assisted tackles will Colts linebacker Clint Session have (if you think more than 6.5 you could make some good coin).

The SuperBowl is always a big boon to online sportsbooks and while most customers will choose the straight up bet, some sportsbooks such as BetUS.com give you the ability to move the line around from its base line of Colts by 4.5 – all the way to Indianapolis by 17.5. So if you feel like Indianapolis will blow the Saints out of the water, then you can make a lot of money right off the bat. Then again, if you think New Orleans will lose by such a large margin, you might want to get a head x-ray first!

This upcoming Super Bowl XLIV promises to be a great game featuring two explosive offenses and the two best quarterbacks in recent memory. Take the time to do your research on which sportsbook offers the best lines and best betting options for you, but don’t forget that Super Bowl Sunday should be a fun betting experience as well. So why not lay a few dollars down on which team will challenge the referee’s play call first, or whether the coin toss will be heads or tails – and yes, the payout for head and tails is equal, even if we all know that “tails never fails”.