How to Bet the Super Bowl: Coin Toss, Gatorade Color, Travis Kelce Props and More

The Super Bowl is unique from a betting perspective, because well, you can bet on so many more things than a typical NFL game.

The Super Bowl is unique from a betting perspective, because well, you can bet on so many more things than a typical NFL game.

The first novelty props that people look to are the coin toss and the color of the Gatorade bath.

The coin toss is, quite literally, a chance bet. It’s a 50/50 chance of the coin landing on heads or tails. Sure, you can try to use historical trends to your advantage, but at the end of the Super Bowl, it’s still a 50/50 chance. You can also expand on wagering on the coin toss by picking which team wins the toss, which again is a 50/50 chance.

The outcome and which team wins the coin toss both have even odds at BetMGM, bet365, and the rest of your favorite sportsbooks. However, bet365 isn’t charging any juice on the prop, and is offering both Heads and Tails at +100 odds.

While the coin toss can be bet in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the Gatorade color cannot. Only certain states allow it as part of their state betting regulations, but New Jersey is one of those, and currently BetMGM lists yellow/green/lime as the favorite at -165, a move from the opening price of +300. Purple, which is currently +300 at BetMGM, is the color of the Gatorade the Chiefs dumped on Andy Reid in their last two Super Bowl victories. Orange, Blue, Red/Pink, Clear/Water and no Gatorade bath are also listed at BetMGM. If you want to bet the Gatorade bath in NJ and are not already signed up at BetMGM, be sure to claim our exclusive BetMGM signup offer.

The Eagles used yellow/green/lime to celebrate the NFC Championship Game victory, so use that information accordingly if you’re using NJ betting apps.

There are a handful of other novelty props on the board, but most of them include Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

For example, bet365 has a “Swiftie Special” of Kelce to have 22+ receiving yards in each half. The yes sits at +105, which actually isn’t a bad bet given Kelce’s postseason history.

What’s new for this Super Bowl is a legal and regulated prediction market called Kalshi, which is not restricted by state. You may be familiar with the brand due to the traction it gained during the 2024 political cycle. Essentially what happens with Kalshi is that you buy outcome “contracts” that can be traded up until the game. And the offers extend to all sorts of novelty props, like which companies will run Super Bowl ads and what musical guests will appear alongside Kendrick Lamar at halftime. The age to participate is 18+ and Kalshi is legal in all 50 states.