The Betting Begins
The football mania has died down a bit in one way, but picked up in others. The
teams have been determined for the upcoming Super Bowl XLI and so the weekly
anxiety over the performance of the various teams has ebbed a bit. On the flip
side though, with the New Orleans Saints lined up to face off against the
Indianapolis Colts, the betting at the land and online casinos has started in
earnest. The odds going into the Super Bowl are in favor of the Colts because
they managed to defeat the New York Jets last and are at the top of the game
right now. But that is not to say that there is no chance for the Saints. Quite
to the contrary according to the online casino bookies, the Saints have played
well in the past couple of months and there are certainly decent odds that they
will take the Super Bowl title.
This year’s Super Bowl is taking place in Miami – a much more hospitable
location for the Super Bowl than some years, when the frost and cold in the air
makes the competition just that much harder for the athletes. The Colts actually
have mixed odds at the online casino betting sites because it has been four
years since the team won the Super Bowl. Paddy Power is a pretty prominent and
trusted name in the internet betting industry and has put the team’s odds at
5/11. Other trusted sites though have the odds a bit longer.
One factor that has put the Saints behind the Colts as the favorites at the
online casino betting sites going into this Super Bowl is the teams last
performance that got them the win. Although they clearly won the match off with
Minnesota Vikings, the game did have to go into overtime which means it was a
very close call on which team as even going to make it. |