{"id":432477,"date":"2026-01-27T09:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/432477\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T09:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:29:10","slug":"super-bowl-betting-buzz-how-one-100-bet-could-turn-into-310000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/432477\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Bowl betting buzz: How one $100 bet could turn into $310,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jan 26, 2026, 05:45 PM ET<\/p>\n

Everything that happens in sports has additional context when viewed from a sports betting perspective. From season-changing injuries to record-setting moments and so much more, the sports news cycle will constantly and significantly affect the sports betting industry.<\/p>\n

Our Super Bowl betting buzz file, with contributions from David Purdum, Doug Greenberg and others, aims to provide fans a look at the sports betting stories that are driving the conversation leading up to the big game. <\/p>\n

Key links: Early bets<\/a> | Updated odds<\/a> | Sports betting home<\/a> | DraftKings<\/a><\/p>\n

Jan 26: Tracking the largest bets on Super Bowl LX so far<\/p>\n

By Doug Greenberg<\/p>\n

The matchup for Super Bowl LX is set with the Seattle Seahawks<\/a> favored over the New England Patriots<\/a> to take home the Lombardi Trophy. The biggest single event in American sports always brings out the big bets.<\/p>\n

Since the summer, bettors have been speculating on the result of this game, and the wagers will finally settle on Feb. 8. Here are some of the largest bets — by odds, stakes and potential winnings — tracked thus far:<\/p>\n

Betting Super Bowl 60<\/p>\n

\u2022 Buzz: Biggest Super Bowl bets so far<\/a>
\u2022 Early bets<\/a> | Trends, updated odds<\/a>
\u2022 Seahawks favored over Patriots<\/a>
\u2022 LX coverage<\/a> | \u2022 Betting home<\/a><\/p>\n

In August, a retail bettor at BetMGM in Nevada placed three separate $50,000 futures on the Seahawks, as first reported by Yahoo Sports and confirmed to ESPN by the sportsbook. Seahawks to make the playoffs at +185 cashed for $92,500 and Seahawks to win the NFC at +2800 cashed for $1.4 million. The bettor still has a Seattle Super Bowl ticket at +6000 odds that will net $3 million if successful.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Circa Sports director of operations Jeffrey Benson announced that the sportsbook took a $1.1 million wager on the Patriots money line at +188 that would net nearly $2.1 million if New England wins outright.<\/p>\n

DraftKings took a $10,000 futures bet on the Patriots to win the Super Bowl at +8000 that would pay winnings of $800,000.<\/p>\n

In November, BetMGM accepted a $30,000 wager on New England to win the Super Bowl at +2200, a net of $660,000 if successful.<\/p>\n

In late August, Circa took a $100 bet on the exact result of the Super Bowl being Seahawks over Patriots at an astonishing 3100-1. The bettor would win $310,000 if the exacta comes to fruition.<\/p>\n

On Jan. 14, Caesars Sportsbook took a $32,000 wager on the Seahawks at +275 odds for winnings of $88,000; less than two weeks later, it took a $40,000 bet on the Patriots at +260 for a potential net win of $104,000.<\/p>\n

DraftKings accepted a $500 bet on the Seahawks at +65000 to win $32,500.<\/p>\n

At Caesars, a bettor in Nevada placed a $55,000 wager on Patriots +4.5 (-108) for an approximate $51,000 win, while a bettor in New Jersey put in a $36,000 bet on Seahawks -4.5 (-109) for an approximate $33,000 win, according to the sportsbook’s head of football Joey Feazel, who said the wagers came in “within seconds” of the odds going up following the NFC championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan 26, 2026, 05:45 PM ET Everything that happens in sports has additional context when viewed from a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-432477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}