It’s always a lot of fun betting on some of the more weird and wacky prop bets that sportsbooks offer for the Super Bowl. Every year it seems like the bookies try to outdo each other with more off-the-wall prop bets. I think these type of bets add an extra layer of excitement outside of the actual football game and in certain cases they can even provide some good value as a wager.
Below I will look at a few of the novelty Super Bowl prop bets offered by one of our recommended sportsbooks that has a solid selection of prop betting options for Super Bowl 59. I’ll give my pick for some of the props, but I do not advise placing a bet based on my picks because I do not have any inside information on any of these props. This article is instead meant to show you some of the more interesting non-game related bets you can make on Super Bowl 59.
Length of National Anthem
- Over 120.5 seconds -105
- Under 120.5 seconds -125
To start off the broadcast Jon Batiste will be singing the USA National Anthem. The over/under is set at 2 minutes and half a second, which is in line with typical Super Bowl anthem lengths which are generally around 2 minutes long. Two years ago the total was 1 minute 59.5 seconds and Chris Stapleton went over. Last year Reba sang the anthem very quickly, as was expected by a line closer to 1 and a half minutes.
I did find an example of Batiste singing the National Anthem at a different event in 2017. His performance only lasted about 1 minute and 30 seconds, so he would have to speed up significantly to hit the over this year.
Purely based on Batiste’s past performance, I would go with the under on this prop.
Half Time Show – Kendrick Lamar Number of Songs
The Half-Time show will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar this year. You can bet on how many songs Kendrick Lamar will perform at the half-time show. The over/under is set at 10.5 songs.
- Over 10.5 songs -105
- Under 10.5 songs -125
Coin Toss
The coin toss is one of the most popular bets every Super Bowl. It doesn’t get much more novelty than betting on the flip of a coin.
SportsInteraction.com is taking coin toss bets with reduced vig for this years Super Bowl:
Winning Coach Gatorade Shower
Last year Andy Reid was doused with a purple gatorade shower for the second year in a row after the Chiefs won their back to back Super Bowl. Three years ago, Sean McVay received a blue gatorade shower at odds of around 3-1. Blue has been the gatorade colour for the coach shower in three of the past six seasons, but the fact that Purple was the Chiefs winning colour for the past two years has to make bettors think purple is likely if the Chiefs threepeat. That said, it’s actually Yellow/Green/Lime that is the favourite this season. I wonder if there has been some investigative work done on which colour each team will be drinking during the Super Bowl.
Here are the odds for this years Gatorade shower colour from SportsInteraction.com (odds taken February 7th):
I personally like taking the water/clear bet on this prop because I just don’t like the thought of the coaches having to go through all of the on field interviews and trophy presentation covered in a sticky liquid. At least if it’s water (clear) the coach is just wet, not wet and sticky. That said, the gatorade shower has not been clear in over 10 years, so it’s probably not a great bet.
As you can see there are some pretty outrageous prop bets available for the Super Bowl. You can find all of these betting markets (and likely more closer to kick-off) by selecting ‘Novelty Props’ once on the Chiefs vs Eagles odds page at SportsInteraction.com.
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Hows it going Niko
So I’ve been wagering on The Sports Betting Interaction as you mentioned above. ( i’m probably with them because you mentioned them some years back). Anyway, I find a limited amount of parlay bets available under player props. Like we can’t bet on an over under passing AND a rushing yards wager plus another like first td scored etc. So odds always stay low. Like the examples you give above. Can I put all those on one card? If not, then 10 bucks gets us back a measly, 19.50 rather than x3 etc.
Hey Derek,
You won’t be able to parlay a lot of the player props because the bets can be correlated. For example, if Mahomes passes for over 329.5 yards there’s a good chance he also throws for more than 28.5 completions. Because some props can be correlated I think SIA just doesn’t allow parlays for the majority of their Super Bowl props.