I "bet" you didn't see that coming

Chances are you were watching the super bowl on Sunday, February 2nd at 5:30 P.M. In fact those chances are incredibly high, 111.5 million people tuned in to the game, that’s 7 out of 10 U.S. households. Those are good odds for any betting man, and this game was definitely a game of extremes. Seattle pushed the game to over 48 points in their 43 – 8 romp of the Broncos. The opening play of the game resulted in a safety and had you ben a mere one dollar on that occurrence, you would have made $400. Other game changing bets included betting the field on MVP which paid 22 to 1. Other interesting prop bets that paid out were which color the Gatorade bath would be for the winning coach., orange paid out 3 to 1. Some less bizarre bets included whether of not Doug Baldwin would score a touchdown which paid $250 on a bet of $100. Some of the craziest bets included whether or not any member of the red hot chilly peppers would appear shirtless during the performance, paying out 1.5 dollars to every dollar bet. To what color glove Renee Fleming would wear during her performance. With all of these absurd chances coming true it may seem that betting in the super bowl would have paid off well, in fact it remained quite the opposite. As seems to be the case with gambling of any type the house always wins. Raking in far more money than had to be paid out. So if you’re looking for a good business opportunity the super bowl is not a safe bet.