The betting total for Super Bowl LX is unusually low, but sportsbooks will be rooting for the final result to be even lower.
At 45.5, according to DraftKings odds as of Friday afternoon, Sunday’s matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots is the ninth-lowest Super Bowl over/under in the past 40 seasons and the lowest since Super Bowl 50 between the Panthers and Broncos in 2016 (44), a 24-10 Denver win.
All time, the over is 29-28-1, excluding Super Bowl I, which has total data missing, according to ESPN Research.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who is -110 to get in the end zone, according to DraftKings, and is the most-bet player in the market at BetMGM and theScore Bet. Other popular plays include Kenneth Walker III (-190), Cooper Kupp (+260) and Drake Maye (+275).
Yardage props could also cause problems for sportsbooks in a high-scoring game, but so too could the unusual props that tend to attract handle for the Super Bowl, such as 2.5 players to have a pass attempt (over +160), will there be a flea-flicker attempted (yes +210), and will there be an octopus (player to score touchdown then 2-point conversion, +1500).
«I can go down a whole list of props where they bet ‘em and if they hit, we’re going to be losers because they’ve taken a lot of dogs, a lot of long shots on some different types of bets,» DraftKings Sportsbook director Johnny Avello told ESPN. «It doesn’t matter who wins — if this game ends up 34 to 31 somebody, that will not be a good result, because that means there’s been a lot of touchdown scorers, there’s been a lot of passing yards, there’s been a lot of receptions. The best scenario at this point is for this game to have limited scoring.»
ESPN’s David Purdum contributed to this report.
