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How Much Money is Bet on the Super Bowl

Written by Jimmy Boyd

How much bet on the Super Bowl The totals are in for Super Bowl XLII betting, so I thought I would take this opportunity to tell you guys how much money is bet on the Super Bowl. Since the Super Bowl is the single biggest game of the year, it is also the biggest event on the betting calendar with more action on it than any other game. While many have heard this, most people don’t really know how much money we’re talking. Just try to wrap you head around 90 million on one game.

I have listed a chart below that highlights the amount bet, the amount won, and the winning percentage from 1991 to the present to give you a better perspective on how Super Bowl betting has changed.

Despite a crackdown in some internet gambling markets, this year’s Super Bowl still totaled the third most action of all time with $92,055,833 wagered. 2005 marked the first year that the 90 million dollar amount was eclipsed. The following year, when the Pittsburgh Steelers took on the Seattle Seahawks, we saw our highest amount of action in Super Bowl betting history at $94,534,372. There has been a slight decline each of the past two seasons, but we don’t expect this pattern to continue. As you can see in this chart, there have been drop offs before. For example, action on the Super Bowl reached a new high in 1998 with $77,253,246 wagered on the big game. Each of the next five years, this amount was never matched and one year, action even sunk down into the 60 milling dollar range, where it hadn’t been since 1995. In 2004, the action came back, going over the 80 million dollar mark for the first time. We are confident that you will see Super Bowl bets total over 100 million in the very near future.

Notice that from 1991 to the present, the amount bet on the Super Bowl has more than doubled. When Scott Norwood missed his field goal wide right to solidify a Super Bowl win for Bills Parcells’ Giants, only $40,080,409 was on the line for the big game. That seemed like a lot back then and now we have been over the 90 million dollar mark four straight years.

While sportsbooks always seem to clean up on Super Bowl Sunday because of the large percentage of the population that bets blindly, make sure that you do your best to cash in the Super Bowl odds this year. Betting with Jimmy Boyd of Locksmith Sports is your best option as no one spends more time in the research room. We may have lost our side on the Patriots this season, but we cashed in the total and advised clients on a ton of props, which we gave away for free, for an overall profitable year of Super Bowl picks. Jimmy Boyd always makes sure his clients don’t pay their bookie’s bills.

Super Bowl Betting Chart

YR BETS W/L W% FINAL SCORE

2008 $92,055,833 $ 2,573,103 -2.8 New York Giants 17, New England 14

2007 $93,067,358 $ 12,930,175 13.9 Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17

2006 $94,534,372 $ 8,828,431 9.3 Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10

2005 $90,759,236 $ 15,430,138 17.0 New England 24, Philadelphia 21

2004 $81,242,191 $ 12,440,698 15.3 New England 32, Carolina 29

2003 $71,693,032 $ 5,264,963 7.3 Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21

2002 $71,513,304 $ 2,331,607 3.3 New England 20, St. Louis 17

2001 $67,661,425 $ 11,002,636 16.3 Baltimore 34, New York Giants 7

2000 $71,046,751 $ 4,237,978 6.0 St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16

1999 $75,986,520 $ 2,906,601 3.8 Denver 34, Atlanta 19