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BetUS Sportsbook is your ultimate destination for Online Betting with Sports Betting, Live Betting, Racebook, Online Slots and a full Online Casino with new promotions happening all the time. By becoming a BetUS member, you are joining one of the most trusted sites in online betting. Feb 23, 2021 Many states around the country that have faced questions about whether a constitutional amendment is necessary have seen their efforts stall out. States where sports betting expansion is going to be “easy” have largely already capitalized on their head start.
Super Bowl LV is set, with Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs ready to battle Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa, Florida, on Feb. 7. Here are some betting nuggets to get you prepared for the big game.
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Favorites have covered two straight Super Bowls and three of the last four. Overall, favorites are 27-25-2.
The last two Super Bowls went under the total. There have been 10 overs and 10 unders in the last 20 Super Bowls, and it's 26-26-1 overall (no total for Super Bowl I).
AFC teams have won and covered five of the last six Super Bowls.
The favored team is 35-19 straight up in the 54 Super Bowls.
A total of 57 would be the second-highest closing Super Bowl total ever. Super Bowl LVI closed at 58 and went over in OT.
The Chiefs enter 8-10 ATS on the season, the fifth team to advance to the Super Bowl with a losing ATS record (only the 2012 Ravens went on to win).
Tom Brady is 4-5 ATS and 6-3 outright in his career in the Super Bowl. He has been an underdog once, in his first Super Bowl vs. the Rams. (Only two quarterbacks have won multiple Super Bowls as an underdog: Eli Manning and Jim Plunkett, with two each).
Only two quarterbacks have won multiple Super Bowls as an underdog: Eli Manning and Jim Plunkett (two each).
This will be the first time Brady is an underdog in three straight starts since 2002-03 and the first time in a single season since 2001. It will snap Brady's 308-game streak without being an underdog in three consecutive starts. The next longest streak in the Super Bowl era is 201 by Aaron Rodgers (active streak).
This will be the eighth straight playoff game Mahomes is favored in. That will break a tie with Kurt Warner for the most consecutive playoff games favored in to begin a career in the Super Bowl era.
Mahomes is 27-13-1 ATS when he is not a double-digit favorite (6-0-1 ATS as underdog, 21-13 ATS as single-digit favorite).
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Breakdown by position of first TD:
WR 22
RB 21
TE 5
QB 3
CB 2
Defense 1
Breakdown by score of first TD:
TD 26
FG 25
Safety 3
Coin toss: Heads 25, tails 29
Tampa Bay closed as a 4-point underdog in its only other Super Bowl appearance (2002). It won outright. If the Bucs close as an underdog, they will look to join the Giants (3), Raiders (2), Broncos (2) and Washington (2) as the only teams to win multiple Super Bowls as an underdog.
Mahomes has the fourth-highest cover percentage (61.5%) of any QB in the Super Bowl era; Brady (59.5%) is eighth.
Brady is 41-17-1 ATS in his career as an underdog and 36-23 outright as an underdog, both best in the Super Bowl era
Since 2015, the under is 22-9 in Brady starts with a total in the 50s (16-6 since 2017).
The Chiefs are the fifth team to reach Super Bowl with a losing ATS record (8-10). Only the 2012 Ravens went on to win it all.
Andy Reid is 5-5 ATS with Kansas City with at least 13 days between games. He was 13-4 ATS with Philadelphia in that situation.
Since 2018, Brady has covered all five games with at least 13 days between games, including the Week 14 game this season.
The spread has not come into play in the last 11 Super Bowls. Winners are 46-6-2 ATS. The last team to win but not cover was Pittsburgh in 2008 over Arizona (-7, won by 4).
The Chiefs are the fifth straight preseason favorite (+400) to reach the Super Bowl. Three of the last four won the game.
Kansas City is 5-0 ATS this season when the line is between +3 and -3.
Kansas City is 2-8 ATS in its last 10 games, though it did cover in its last game.
Tampa Bay has covered the last four times it has been an underdog.
The Buccaneers have covered each of the last three meetings, including their Week 12 meeting this season. In that game, Kansas City was a 3.5-point favorite on the road. Now Kansas City is a 3-point favorite in that building, though it is technically a neutral site.
ESPN's Stats & Information group contributed to this story.
That’s right, it is the legislative season again: the time of year where legislatures around the country bring tremendous hope, often, to only let us down.
But after 2020, maybe there is some reason to be optimistic. With COVID-19 likely to be brought under control in the next few months states are looking for ways to fire their economies back up.
Georgia is apparently no exception. Last week, Representatives Stephens, Mitchell, Hawkins, and a number of others put House Bill 86 in the Georgia House hopper. The bill has just progressed to the rules committee, picking up a tax rate hike along the way.
The bill would authorize sports betting in Georgia through the Georgia Lottery. But there is potentially a hiccup, as this bill seeks to legalize sports betting without amending the Georgia Constitution.
Past no predictor of the future?
The Peach State tried to pass a sports betting bill in 2020, but those efforts fell short in June. Stephens referred to last year’s bill as a “Hail Mary” that just did not quite make it.
Notably, the 2020 bill would have amended the Constitution to allow for sports betting. Last year’s sports betting bill was one of a series of bills that would have amended the Constitution to allow for a significant gaming expansion across the state.
Coming through in the clutch?
Last month the Biloxi Sun Herald quoted Stephens as saying sports betting is going to be an easy one to pass:
It clearly does not require a constitutional amendment. … It’s just a matter of us giving the (Georgia) Lottery Commission direction and authority they already have.
The flop of the 2020 bills was at least partly related to the attempt to pass the bills as constitutional amendments, which in Georgia would require three-fifths of each side of the legislature. But, it seems unlikely that everyone will think this can pass without a constitutional amendment.
No amendment necessary or no, amendment necessary?
The proposition with House Bill 86 is that a law amending the Georgia Lottery statutes could enable the lottery to offer sports betting without a need to amend the Constitution, a task which is far more onerous than simply passing a bill.
Section II Paragraph VIII of the Georgia Constitution states:
Except as herein specifically provided in this Paragraph VIII, all lotteries, and the sale of lottery tickets, and all forms of pari-mutuel betting and casino gambling are hereby prohibited….
Amongst the exceptions listed are for the General Assembly to be able to provide for nonprofit bingo games, non-profit raffles, and more importantly for the present discussion, the General Assembly to “provide for the operation and regulation of a lottery or lotteries by or on behalf of the state.”
Is Georgia sports betting a done deal?
Hardly: like other states around the country, there appears to be some disagreement as to whether the language of the Georgia Constitution would permit sports betting without an amendment. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, legislature lawyers have recommended pursuing a constitutional amendment for sports betting.
The constitutional amendment route is a taller task for legislators but might head off litigation from groups challenging a new law. Given the absence of gambling beyond the lotteries in Georgia, there is a chance that a new law would be challenged by some opposition groups.
There have been a number of efforts over the last few years to expand gambling, including bringing horse racing and casinos to Georgia, but those have stalled out with the emergence of vocal opposition groups.
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What to make of this?
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There should be very cautious optimism. Georgia is something of a white whale for gambling expansion proponents.
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A state with nothing beyond a lottery would be a huge accomplishment for gaming advocates, but there are some very real hurdles still to overcome, including questions about whether this can even be done without a constitutional amendment.
Many states around the country that have faced questions about whether a constitutional amendment is necessary have seen their efforts stall out. States where sports betting expansion is going to be “easy” have largely already capitalized on their head start.
Even if a constitutional amendment is ultimately not necessary, it would seem as though the groups who have defeated gambling expansion in the past in the Peach State may seek to do so again.