Other sites will let you bet on who the President will pick to win the game and if Tom Brady's wife supermodel Gisele Bundchen will be shown during the broadcast.

Things like the second one seem like something that would be way too easy for one person to control..... I mean, the Super Bowl producer at Fox can basically call whether they go to a shot of her or not.... or some shlep at the controls and one of the cameramen could work together and put down big money on the "Yes" side and then just "accidentally" go to a shot of her during the game.

Anyone who listens to Bill Simmons' podcast has probably heard this, but every year he and Cousin Sal from Jimmy Kimmel's show read off a series of Super Bowl props. Sal always picks a lock of the year that usually fails. His most spectacular being the Steelers-Cardinals year, where he made an emphatic case that "Steelers (3rd-string) RB Gary Russell will not score a TD" was the lock of the century. Of course Russell scored the 1st TD of the game.

In any case, his lock bet this year is "Giants FB Henry Hynoski over 4.5 yards combined rushing and receiving." As a Giants fan, I know that the Hynosaurus is often good for at least one 7-ish-yard pass in the flat per game. If I were gambling I'd take it.

The cross-sport ones are also fun. Stuff like "Giants points vs. Henrik Lundqvist saves."

Props bet?

dletter: Other sites will let you bet on who the President will pick to win the game and if Tom Brady's wife supermodel Gisele Bundchen will be shown during the broadcast.

Things like the second one seem like something that would be way too easy for one person to control..... I mean, the Super Bowl producer at Fox can basically call whether they go to a shot of her or not.... or some shlep at the controls and one of the cameramen could work together and put down big money on the "Yes" side and then just "accidentally" go to a shot of her during the game.

And risk getting fired from a high-paying dream job? How about no.

There's no way anyone would do this. How much could you actually make, considering you'd have to place a ton of small bets (extra large bets get scrutiny).

And if you got caught you'd be blacklisted and never be able to work in sports, in any capacity again.

downstairs: dletter: Other sites will let you bet on who the President will pick to win the game and if Tom Brady's wife supermodel Gisele Bundchen will be shown during the broadcast.

Things like the second one seem like something that would be way too easy for one person to control..... I mean, the Super Bowl producer at Fox can basically call whether they go to a shot of her or not.... or some shlep at the controls and one of the cameramen could work together and put down big money on the "Yes" side and then just "accidentally" go to a shot of her during the game.

And risk getting fired from a high-paying dream job? How about no.

There's no way anyone would do this. How much could you actually make, considering you'd have to place a ton of small bets (extra large bets get scrutiny).

And if you got caught you'd be blacklisted and never be able to work in sports, in any capacity again.

Well, the producer (or associate producer) certainly could get away with it. But just a regular cameraman swinging the camera off Tedy Brushchi's dumbass punchable face to show Gisele would definitely garner some attention.

dletter: Things like the second one seem like something that would be way too easy for one person to control..... I mean, the Super Bowl producer at Fox can basically call whether they go to a shot of her or not.... or some shlep at the controls and one of the cameramen could work together and put down big money on the "Yes" side and then just "accidentally" go to a shot of her during the game.

It would be great if the cameramen bet yes and the producers bet no. They keep trying to pan to her and they cut to another camera as soon as possible.

There's multiple bets about the clothing that entertainers will be wearing?

You know, if I were Kelly Clarkson or Madonna and I needed a little extra cash...

RsquaredW: Uh, sorry, what...got distracted by the cheerleader tryouts photo.

Also at the bottom, naughty schoolgirl night at Tampa clubs...

Donnchadha: There's multiple bets about the clothing that entertainers will be wearing?

You know, if I were Kelly Clarkson or Madonna and I needed a little extra cash...

...blowjobs for everyone?

downstairs: a high-paying dream job?

Maybe I am wrong, but, I don't think guys working the TV production booth are all that "high paying". I guess if you are saying they blow their chance to move up in the ranks to being producers, but, I don't know that the camera guys are pulling in 6 figures, but, maybe I'm wrong as I said.

And besides, you don't actually make the bet yourself, you tell an "acquaintance" what to bet on, and split it with them.

dletter: downstairs: a high-paying dream job?

Maybe I am wrong, but, I don't think guys working the TV production booth are all that "high paying". I guess if you are saying they blow their chance to move up in the ranks to being producers, but, I don't know that the camera guys are pulling in 6 figures, but, maybe I'm wrong as I said.

And besides, you don't actually make the bet yourself, you tell an "acquaintance" what to bet on, and split it with them.

I just realized my example was the producer, so, yeah, I doubt the producer would do that. My point was more the guys at the actual controls and camera guy, and you could just "accidentally" go to that shot, even if the producer didn't call for it.

Again, it just seems like a bet that is like a "why would you take that bet" type of thing? There are too many people directly involved that don't make enough money to make it tempting to rig it, as opposed to how long it will take some multi-million dollar artist to sign the anthem, who isn't going to care about trying to rig a wager like that.

dletter: downstairs: a high-paying dream job?

Maybe I am wrong, but, I don't think guys working the TV production booth are all that "high paying". I guess if you are saying they blow their chance to move up in the ranks to being producers, but, I don't know that the camera guys are pulling in 6 figures, but, maybe I'm wrong as I said.

And besides, you don't actually make the bet yourself, you tell an "acquaintance" what to bet on, and split it with them.

I'm thinking the cameramen who are filming the most watched TV show in the world, are the most top-notch cameramen out there. And probably do pull in low-6 figures.

unless the list is in the video, i did not see a list.

I'm thinking Farkers should challenge each other with goofy bets in the Super Bowl thread.

Fifty bucks says I eat too many wings, drink beer, and biatch about how neither team deserves to win!

Any takers?

downstairs: dletter: Other sites will let you bet on who the President will pick to win the game and if Tom Brady's wife supermodel Gisele Bundchen will be shown during the broadcast.

Things like the second one seem like something that would be way too easy for one person to control..... I mean, the Super Bowl producer at Fox can basically call whether they go to a shot of her or not.... or some shlep at the controls and one of the cameramen could work together and put down big money on the "Yes" side and then just "accidentally" go to a shot of her during the game.

And risk getting fired from a high-paying dream job? How about no.

There's no way anyone would do this. How much could you actually make, considering you'd have to place a ton of small bets (extra large bets get scrutiny).

And if you got caught you'd be blacklisted and never be able to work in sports, in any capacity again.

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Hey, sometime you should check out this website called Fark.

It has links to a bunch of weird news stories, and on any given day about half of them are about people doing something really stupid that screws up their otherwise comfortable life.

I currently have about $30k total in bets on different props, all $500 to $1,000 each but it's what I do for a living. I have friends with 5 times as much as I do.

If I had the Gisele prop available I would absolutely bet the YES. She will be on the broadcast at some point. No doubt about it.

Are there bets as to whether they'll have the roof open or not, or has that been decided already?

Also, will NBC play a salsa outro at some point during the game?

funk_soul_bubby: Earguy: I'm thinking Farkers should challenge each other with goofy bets in the Super Bowl thread.

That would be cool if online wagering were legal. Also I would like to remind you that Sportsbook.com is now the new Sportsbook.ag, now with more Antigua!

Also, here's Sportsbook girl Carrie Stroup.

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I guess she didn't have enough money for the stockings.

I want to bet on whether the number of posts in the Fark Super Bowl thread will be odd or even.

Happy Hours: I want to bet on whether the number of posts in the Fark Super Bowl thread will be odd or even.

I'll bet you a month of TF it's odd.

But we have to choose the closing date/time. Does it count until the thread is closed to new comments? Or by midnight in a certain time zone? Or when the broadcast coverage stops? Because I'm not going to be at my computer during the game.

If you find a bet on whether the final score will be odd or even, odd is a good bet at -120 or less.

Odd is more likely for two reasons:

1) the game can't end in a tie (which would be an even total)
2) a 3 point or 7 point win would mean an odd numbered total and those are the 2 most common winning margins.