Super Bowl Betting History, Trends & Markets

Super Bowl Trends C Betting Markets

The Super Bowl is the most wagered-on a single event in all of North America. Last year, nearly 68 million Americans placed a bet on the big game, which is about 1-4 people.

A lot of that is due to the popularity of the sportsbooks and it being legalized in more states and countries by the day. The event allows you to place niche and fun prop bets on everything from coin tosses to national anthem length, Gatorade color, and more. This article will examine some of those markets and discuss recent trends and market prices.

During the Super Bowl, you will also see the big bettors come out, laying down six and seven figure bets. Last year, Drake was on record as putting down $1 million dollars on the Chiefs to win and cover. This ticket was placed at Circa Sportsbooks.

According to one website, there were five different $1-million-dollar bets documented and shared on Super Bowl LVIII this past year:

$1.15M to win $1.2M on Cheifs ML (bet placed via Stake)

$1.1M to win $1M on 49ers -1.5 (bet placed via Circa)

$1M to win $910K on Chiefs +2 (bet placed via Circa)

$1M to win $770K on 49ers ML (bet placed via BetMGM)

$1M to win $830K on 49ers ML (bet placed via Caesars)

Super Bowl Future Market

Super Bowl Winner odds via Pinnacle Sportsbook, January 7th, 2025:

Detroit Lions (+327)

Kansas City Chiefs (+328)

Buffalo Bills (+549)

Baltimore Ravens (+617)

Philadelphia Eagles (+689)

Minnesota Vikings (+1463)

Green Bay Packers (+2326)

Los Angeles Charger (+2505)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers (+3022)

Los Angeles Rams (+3551)

Washington Commanders (+4984)

Denver Broncos (+6024)

Houston Texans (+7645)

Pittsburgh Steelers (+8105)

Super Bowl Trends

8 of the last 12 Super Bowls have been won by an AFC team.

No rookie ǪB has ever won a Super Bowl (sorry, Daniels and possibly Nix).

The first team to score wins 65% of the time.

12 of the last 16 Super Bowls have been covered on the spread by the underdog.

43.8 % of the time, WRs score the first TD.

The coin toss winner has lost 8 of the last 9 times.

Prop Bets

Coin Toss

Of course, this is a 50-50 bet; however, some bettors believe that tails never fail or heads are the only side they can call. Some bettors will also examine trends and the recent history of the coin toss. Let’s take a look.

The Betting Market

The line is usually -105 on both sides of the coin.

You can also bet on which team will win the coin toss.

The largest bet last year known on the coin toss was $100,000 to win $95,238 at Caesars.

Super Bowl Coin Toss History

Heads has landed 28 times (48%)

Tails has landed 30 times (52%)

Heads longest streak is 5

Tails longest streak is 4 (three different times)

Heads were called three of the last four years; is it tails turn? Again, this is a 50-50 coin toss, and no stats or trends will help; however, it is fun to bet on and look at recent trends.

Gatorade Shower

This is a tradition at the Super Bowl, where the winning team’s players douse their head coach with Gatorade after a victory. It’s also known as the Gatorade bath or dunk. This tradition is prevalent in many sports, including the World Series, High School and College.

Here are some recent Gatorade shower colours:

Purple was used again on Andy Reid (2024)

Purple was used on Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid (2023)

Blue was used on Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay (2022)

Blue was used on Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach (2021)

Orange was used on the Kansas City Chiefs (2020)

Blue was used on the New England Patriots (2019)

Yellow was used on the Philadelphia Eagles (2018)

No Gatorade was used on the New England Patriots (2017)

You can do some research on this. As you can see, the Chiefs like Purple Gatorade, and you can predict standard Gatorade colours like Orange, Red, or Blue. The odds are relatively high. In most sportsbooks, the lowest you will see is +200 on a colour, and they can go up to +1000 or more on clear or no showers.

National Anthem

Like all sporting events, they have the National Anthem before the game. This anthem is like no other, followed by God Bless America in recent years. You will also see many bets on the over or under of how long the artist will sing.

Research can be done on this; most artists have sung the anthem before, so there is a video out there. Some artists sing slower or faster than others or hold their notes.

There is also some other very niche prop bets for the singer that you can bet, such as:

The colour of the performer’s hair

Will the performer wear a hat?

The colour/style of the performers' outfit

Will the performer make a mistake?

Will a scoring drive take less time than the length of the national anthem (fun one)

Recent History

Super Bowl anthem lengths:

2024: Reba McEntire (1:30)

2023: Chris Stapleton (2:01)

2022: Mickey Guyton (1:52)

2021: Jazmine Sullivan & Eric Church (2:16)

2020: Demi Lovato (1:49)

2019: Gladys Knight (1:49)

2018: Pink (1:53)

2017: Luke Bryan (2:04)

2016: Lady Gaga (2:09)

Do your research and shop around from book to book to find the best anthem length or prop that catches your eye; with some research, anthem length can be a favorable prop to bet.

The Super Bowl is a day to look forward to for sports bettors with so many markets to choose from, standard lines to some of the niche prop bets we discussed today, and so many more.

We suggest checking out our sportsbook section on the main page to browse some trusted sportsbooks that we recommend for Super Bowl bets and all markets.

Enjoy the Super Bowl this year, and good luck with your wagers!