Delving Into the High Roller's Station

There are literally hundreds of prop bets to make on the Super Bowl. While it can be tempting to put some money on numerous bets, some of them are simply a bad idea. The bets that cannot be researched using stats are typically not worth putting money on, as you are more likely to lose money.

First of all, betting on the coin toss in a game is a bad bet. You have a 50 percent chance of winning, and it is based on nothing but luck. Regardless of how many times a coin is flipped, the chance of it coming up heads is still 50 percent, just like the chance of it coming up tails is 50 percent. When spending your hard earned money, you should not leave it completely up to chance without being able to do your own research.

I've never understood the appeal, but betting on what color Gatorade will be dumped on the winning coach sees a surprising amount of action. (Who comes up with this stuff, anyway?) While the Gatorade dump always looks like a fun moment at the end of the game, it is not something that you want to risk your money on. While you may be able to research what color of Gatorade most commonly appears in those celebrations (yellow and clear seem to be used a lot) you never know what color will be chosen. There are so many prop bets available that wasting money on this silly one is pointless.

The National Anthem is one of the more historic moments of the Super Bowl, and you can actually bet on the length of the National Anthem! But it is probably not something that you want to hazard your money on. A time will be set, and then you choose to go over or under that time. You never know for sure if the singer is going to really hold those high notes or not, and putting money down on this bet just is not worth it when there are so many bets that are much better.

Betting on the number of times that a specific person will be shown in the crowd is practically begging to lose money. For example, last year, you could bet on the number of times that Kim Kardashian and Archie Manning would be shown in the crowd. While conventional wisdom says that it will likely be over, it is completely in the hands of the TV producers, and it is simply is not worth betting on.

Finally, one of the worst Super Bowl bets you can make is to bet on who the MVP of the game will thank first. For example, your choices include God, his family, and the fans. While this is certainly a prop that is good for a laugh, it is not something that you want to put money on. When players get caught up in the emotion of being named MVP, there is no way to know what name is going to come out of their mouth first.

There are plenty of props to bet on during the Super Bowl without wasting your money on these bad Super Bowl bets. You should stick with props that involve the players and the teams, and ones which can be researched. Your chances of coming out of Super Bowl Sunday a winner are much greater if you stay away from the hundreds of silly bets.

About the Author:

Jim Quinn is an author for the Off Shore Gaming Association (OSGA). OSGA is the premier independent online watchdog providing comprehensive information on online sports betting

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