How to Enter a Super Bowl Lottery

It's Super Bowl week, and you want to get in on the action. You are a football fan, but not the type who makes a bet every Sunday, and you don't even follow the point spread. But this is different because it's the Super Bowl. You want to make a bet just to feel like part of the action. You want to be part of the lottery, and there are many choices.

Instructions

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      Buy a square in the Super Bowl pool. Someone in your office is running a pool that gives you the opportunity to buy a square that corresponds to the final score of the game. On the top line of the board, you see the numbers 0 through 9. You see the same numbers down the left side of the board. Every person who "buys a square" gets a number that corresponds to the final score of the game. You may get the number 3 associated with the top line of the board and 7 associated with the left side. If the top line is the AFC team and the left side is the NFC, you would win the pool if the NFC team's score ends in 7 and the AFC score ends in 3. So if the AFC team wins 23-17, you would win the pool.

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      Make a wager on the name of the player who will score the first touchdown in the game. Las Vegas and online sports books offer good odds if the player you pick scores the first touchdown.

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      Wager on whether you believe any of the teams will score three consecutive times. In some Super Bowls, one team will score and the other will follow with a score of its own, and the game will continue in this pattern. However, many games see teams go on runs. One team will score twice in a row, and then the other team will score three times in a row. If you have made a bet that this will occur, you will win.

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      Make a play on who will win the coin toss. Yes, you can actually make a bet that the team calling heads or tails will be successful. Obviously, this is unpredictable, but there are many Super Bowl fans who make this bet every year.

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      Bet on whether the favorite or the underdog will cover the point spread. This is the most popular lottery associated with the game, and many believe this is what makes pro football so popular today. Let's say the AFC representative is a six-point favorite to beat the NFC team. If you bet on the AFC team, it must win the game by seven points or more for you to win the bet. If the AFC team wins by five or less or loses, you lose your bet. If it wins by six points, it's a push (or a tie) and you get your money back.