VALETTA, MALTA -- On Sunday, February 7 the Pittsburgh Steelers will face the Green Bay Packers for the right to capture Super Bowl XLV, and millions of NFL fans will have a Super Bowl bet or two on the outcome of the game. But those bets are no longer limited to which team will win, or cover the spread, although those remain the two most popular markets. With the advent of more than a thousand novelty and proposition bet markets, online sports books offer their patrons the possibility of betting on almost anything that could occur during the game, from the number of interceptions each quarterback will throw, to what color Gatorade will be splashed on the victorious head coach once the final whistle is blown.
With so many betting markets to choose from it is easy for the casual NFL betting fan to be a tad overwhelmed. Beyond the sheer quantity of bets that are available the sports books also price up the Super Bowl independently of one another, and with this game expected to be so close those minute differences could be critical.
For instance several online sports books still list the Pittsburgh Steelers as +2.5 point underdogs. But other bookmakers have pushed the spread out to 3 points, and if you want to bet on the Steelers that is a crucial adjustment to the line. Conversely, if you're looking to bet on Green Bay you want to find that 2.5 point spread so that if the game ends with the Packers winning by a field goal you still win your wager.
Does it really matter whether you take 2.5 points or 3 points? Yes, in fact it matters a lot more than one might think, as Online Gambling Insider's NFL editor explains: "3 points is the most important key number in NFL betting, because that is the most common score difference in professional football games. So a line move from 3 to 2.5 or from 3 to 3.5 is of incredible significance to football handicappers. It is far more important than if the line moved from 3.5 to 5.5 as that move does not include any key numbers (typical scoreline differentials in NFL games)."
Because Super Bowl XLV is balanced on a knife edge for those who are betting on the game, Online Gambling Insider will be providing updated comprehensive odds comparisons from all leading NFL sports books. The latest odds against the spread, as well as the money line, and the Over/Under total points markets will all be featured, and readers will quickly be able to spot where the best betting value lies. In addition, the seemingly ubiquitous online gambling portal will also feature select popular Super Bowl betting markets such as predicting the 1st half scores and scores by quarter.
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