Super Bowl prop bets include: Beyonce, Alicia Keys and how many times Ray Lewis will refer to God

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER For your amusement purposes only, RJ Bell of Pregame.com has provided a list of some of the more amusing prop bets that will be taken in Vegas before Sunday's big game. If you can't be in New Orleans, the best place to experience the Super Bowl is Vegas where every hotel/casino is packed and the atmosphere is quite festive. It's like Super Sunday is a national holiday for the gambling world. Besides the parties, there's an array of unusual bets you can make on this game, and you can even wager on the stuff that will happen before and after the game. If the New Jersey casinos ever want to make a comeback and lure back some of the gamblers who now just are content to go to their local Pennsylvania casinos and stay away from the boardwalk, NJ has to win the very tough fight and somehow, some way get sports gambling passed. Here's the Super Bowl report from Pregame.com: Fun Props (with odds updates) Length of postgame handshake/hug between Harbaugh brothers: over/under 6 seconds [heavy under action has moved number down from 7.5 seconds] How long will it take Alicia Keys to sing National Anthem: over/under 2 minutes and 05 seconds [heavy under action has moved number down 10 seconds from 2:15] 36% chance Beyonce’s hair will be straight, not curly ($100 wins $150) [heavy "curly" action has moved chances down from 43%] 60% chance President Obama will pick Ravens to win game ["49ers will be the pick" action has moved chances down from 64%] Number of times “Harbaugh” will be said during game: over/under 22.5 times [over action has moved the number up from 21.5] Times Jack Harbaugh shown during game: over/under 2.5 times 47% chance Jay Z will join Beyonce on stage during halftime show ($105 wins $100) Will Alicia Keys be booed? If yes, $100 wins $500 29% chance Alicia Keys will forget or omit at least one word in lyrics ($100 wins $200) How many times will Ray Lewis mention “God/Lord” in post-game interview: over/under 3 times $100 pays $500 if any player on either team is arrested before the game. Color of Gatorade dumped on winning coach ($100 wins . . . ) Clear: +$180 Yellow: +$200 Orange: +$350 [was +250 in early odds] Red: +$650 Blue: +$700 Green: +$700 New Props: 85% chance Beyonce's will wear her hair "down" not "up" ($700 wins $100) 64% chance Baltimore will have higher local TV ratings over San Francisco ($200 wins $100) 53% chance Jim Harbaugh will be shown first before his brother after opening kickoff ($120 wins $100) 24% chance a team will score at least 4 straight times ($100 wins $275) 10 to 1 odds: No Field Goals scored in game ($100 wins $1,000) 75 to 1 odds: No touchdown scored in game ($100 wins $7,500) 18 to 1 odds: 10 or more touchdowns scored in game ($100 wins $1,800) 20 to 1 odds: ZERO sacks in game ($100 wins $2,000) Who will the Super Bowl MVP thank first ($100 wins . . . ) God: +$100 Teammates: +$175 Nobody: +$200 Coaches/Owner: +$500 Family: +$600 CLICK TO SEE LONG LIST OF BEST SUPER BOWL PROPS: http://bit.ly/TZpWw3 How Much Action on Super Bowl? An estimated $10 BILLION is projected to be bet on Super Bowl XLVII worldwide! Over half of adult Americans are expected to have some money at risk on the game. Less than 1% of the total bet is expected to be wagered legally in Nevada. Vegas 20-2 in Super Bowls! Las Vegas has kept separate records on Super Bowl betting for 22 years. Vegas has won money on the game 20 of those years! Bettors have won money on the game 2 of those years! Updated Super Bowl Action: 60% of bets to date have been on the underdog Ravens (down from 65% the first week of action) moving the opening line of San Francisco favored by 5 points to the current line of SF favored by 3.5 points Over/Under: 47.5 total points expected in game By considering the spread and the total, Vegas projects the approximant score of the game to be: San Francisco 26 Baltimore 22 Chance to win game based on odds: San Francisco: 62% | Baltimore 38% $100 on Ravens to be Super Bowl champs pays $150. Over 90% of Super Bowl bets in Vegas are placed on Saturday or Sunday. Coin Toss: NFC has won 14 of last 15 Super Bowl coin tosses! After reviewing multiple sources on the history of the Super Bowl coin toss: 46 prior Super Bowl coin flips: 23 heads and 23 tails Preseason Odds: Before the season started: San Francisco paid 17 to 1 to win Super Bowl ($100 won $1,700) Baltimore paid 14 to 1 to win Super Bowl ($100 won $1,400) (Baltimore paid as high as 30-1 late in the season) How good are the Super Bowl teams? Denver Broncos are the ONLY team that would be favored over the 49ers on a neutral field. FIVE teams would be favored over the Ravens (Broncos, 49ers, Patriots, Seahawks, Packers) Ravens biggest longshot ever to make Super Bowl? Ravens first underdog EVER of more than a touchdown to win in both Division playoff round and Championship playoff round (archive from 1978 onwards) $100 on Ravens to win first playoff game against Colts, then letting the winnings ride against Denver, then letting those winnings ride against Patriots, would have paid $2,300! Joe Flacco Joe Flacco now has 6 road playoff wins career More than Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw, Steve Young, Troy Aikman, Bret Favre, Tom Brady, and Peyton Manning. Those legends are a combined 13-29 on the road in the playoffs, while Flacco has won 6 out of 10. Picking a winner: The lower playoff seed has covered 12 of 14 vs. Vegas spread (Ravens lower-seeded team this year) San Francisco a Perfect Six out of Six: 49ers have been favored by Vegas in ALL SIX Super Bowls they’ve played in. --