There are a lot of bets for the "Big Game" which is a Las Vegas term used to avoid possible legal issues using the term Super Bowl. I was at the Hilton today and there was a huge line to get to a set of 6 betting windows with $1000 minimum bets. On a nomal weekend the only bets available would be the Packers -2 1/2 which means if you bet the Packers and they win by 3 or more, you win. If you bet on the Steelers and they win or lose by 2, you win. The other normal bet is a total combined point score of 45. However the Big Game brings in the Proposition bets or prop bets. Those are irregular bets used when the game hype is so high.
Starting out, you can adjust the point spread, from 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 or 7 1/2 or 10 1/2 or up to 17 1/2.
At -2 1/2 you can win $1.35 for each dollar bet. At -17 1/2, you can win $8 for each dollar bet.
You may also expand on the total score from as low as 34 1/2 up to 63 1/2.
Here are some prop bets that you can parlay, meaning you can pick multiple bets and they must all win to collect a huge win.
Will either team score 3 straight times?
Will either team score in the final 2 minutes of the first half?
Which team will have the most penalty yards?
Total sacks by both teams? Over or under 5.
First Roethliserber pass will be complete or incomplete? (interception considered incomplete)
First rush attempt by Moore will be over/under 2 1/2 yards?
First reception by Wallace will be over/under 10 1/2 yards?
First reception by Sanders will be over/under 10 1/2 yards?
Will either team score in the first 6 1/2 minutes of the game?
Will either team score in the last 3 1/2 minutes of the game?
Will both teams make a field goal of 33 yards or longer?
Which team will use the first penalty coaches challenge?
Will Roethlisberger throw an interception?
+many, many more bets on individuals first reception or rushing attempts.
Now for the regular prop bets.
Will the coin toss be heads or tails?
Team to score first?
Team to score last?
Longest touchdown play over/under 44 1/2 yards?
Largest score lead o/u 13 1/2?
Team with first penalty?
First score of the game will be Touchdown or other score?
Last score of first half will be Touchdown or other score?
Will there be overtime?
Will the team that score first, win?
Total fumbles lost o/u 1 1/2?
Distance of first field goal o/u 33 1/2?
Longest field goal o/u 43 1/2?
Team to score last in first half?
Will there be a safety?
Will the game be decided by EXACTLY 3 points?
Total interceptions by both teams o/u 2 1/2?
Total field goals by both teams o/u 3 1/2?
Will there be a first quarter field goal?
Total number of Steelers to have a rushing attempt o/u 4 1/2?
Total number of Steelers to have a pass reception o/u 7 1/2?
Total number of different Steelers to score o/u 3?
Will Steelers get a rushing touchdown?
Will Steelers get a rushing touchdown in the first half?
Total first down by Steelers o/u 18?
Total points by Steelers o/u 21?
Which will occur first, Steelers score or Steelers punt?
Will the Steelers score in all 4 quarters?
Total 3rd down conversions by Steelers o/u 5 1/2?
Will the Steelers convert a 4th down attempt?
Toal punts by both teams o/u 9 1/2?
Total net yards by both teams o/u 666 1/2?
Most pass attempts by Roethlisberger or Rodgers? Most complettions? Most yards? Most interceptions? Most TD passes? First interception? Most rushing yards?
+ many many more.
+many many individual feats.
Then there are the prop bets where other sport games are combined with the Big Game, such as (but not limited to) these "Who will have more"…
Pro basketball
Clippers 1st quarter points or Steelers+Packers first half points?
Blake Griffin rebounds or Steelers+Packers 2nd quarter points?
LeBron James points or Steelers points?
LeBron James points+rebounds+assists or Sttelers+Packers points?
LeBron James points+assists or distance of first field goal?
Largest lead between Clippers and Heat or Packers points?
College football?
Ohio St+Minnesota points or Rahard Mendenhall rushing yards?
Big Ten Points or Packers net yards?
Golf?
Phil Mickelson 4th round score or Greg Jennings receiving yards?
Rickie Fowler 4th round birdies or Packer punts?
Soccer?
Chelsea+Liverpool goals or Packers+Steelers field goals?
Hockey?
Washington Captials shots on goal or Packer points?
There are about a gazillion more cross sport bets. And there are a ton more bets on the Big Game. You can pick a score for either team, a total points, a margin of victory, the type of play for the first score, the type of play for the last score, total yards by individuals, teams, or totals. There are some 30 pages from the Hilton and an equally creative 20 pages from Stations.
Note that the bets for the Steelers and their players are not unique. The Packers have bets like these also. I left them out to save space.
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