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David Purdum
The betting public, which hasn’t fared well on the Super Bowl over the years, is siding heavily with the favored Seattle Seahawks and its offensive playmakers in Sunday’s game against the New England Patriots.
Sportsbooks have reported one-sided action on the Seahawks to win and cover the 4.5-point spread over the last two weeks.
On Sunday, 60% of the money bet on the game’s point spread was on Seattle at DraftKings Sportsbook, and the Seahawks to win the game outright was the most popular parlay leg at Hard Rock Bet.
Kenneth Walker III and receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba have attracted significant support from bettors in the Super Bowl player prop market.
The over on Walker’s receiving yards (20.5) had attracted more bets than any other prop at BetMGM. Smith-Njigba had drawn more bets to score a touchdown than any other player and was second in bets and money wagered in the odds to win the MVP, behind only Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold.
Smith-Njigba and Darnold accounted for 40% of the money wagered on DraftKings MVP odds as of Sunday morning.
«The Patriots winning in a low-scoring game would be the best outcome for the sportsbook,» Christian Cipollini, BetMGM’s senior trading manager, told ESPN on Sunday. «Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Kenneth Walker III and Drake Maye all going under on their props would be nice, too.»
Nevada sportsbooks have suffered a statewide net loss on the Super Bowl only twice since gaming regulators began releasing figures on the game in 1991.
Bettors handed Nevada sportsbooks a $2.6 million loss on the Giants’ upset of the Patriots in 2008. The books lost $396,674 on the 49ers’ 49-26 win over the Chargers in 1995.
The house has come out ahead in every other Super Bowl since 1991, including a record $22.1 profit on last year’s game.
Nevada sportsbooks won more than $203 million on football — both professional and college — in 2025, the state’s most lucrative football year ever.
ESPN’s Doug Greenberg contributed to this report.
