Super Bowl 2020 Betting At New Jersey Sportsbooks

The NFL reigns supreme as a major sporting power in North America. From the season’s opening kickoff to the confetti showering down over the Super Bowl champions, football is king.

Between September 2018 and February 2019, football accounted for 34% of the total NJ sports betting handle. Overall, since the industry launched in June 2018, football holds better than a 20% share of money wagered — while only being in action in six of the 12 months.

But the Super Bowl traditionally draws the most betting action.

And with football’s popularity and the heavy traffic caused by the Super Bowl, the 2020 game should certainly set state industry records.

Scheduled for Feb. 2, 2020, at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Super Bowl 2020 will be the Big Game between the AFC and NFC champions.

Last season, the New England Patriots faced off against the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53.

To prepare for the Big Game, here is your Super Bowl LIV betting guide.

Top NJ betting apps for 2020 Super Bowl

Where to bet on the 2020 Super Bowl in NJ

Options abound for bettors in New Jersey.

Take a trip to any of the 10 retail sportsbooks or tap into one of the 14 online apps available to the public. There is no shortage of betting avenues, to be sure. Here’s a look at what’s available:

NJ online sports betting sites

Online Sportsbook	Land-based Affiliate	iOS/Android app?	Bonus Offer	Promo Code
DraftKings Sportsbook	Resorts AC	Yes/Yes	$25 in free bets	Click here
BetStars NJ	Resorts AC	Yes/Yes	$500 risk-free bet	Click here
FanDuel Sportsbook	Meadowlands	Yes/Yes	$500 match bet	Click here
William Hill NJ	Monmouth Park/Ocean Resort/Tropicana AC	Yes/Yes	$50 free bet	PLAYNJ50
PointsBet NJ	Meadowlands	Yes/Yes	2 x up to $500 free bets	Click here
SugarHouse NJ	Monmouth Park	Yes/Yes	100% up to $250	PLAY250
Caesars Sportsbook NJ	Caesars AC	Yes/Yes	$10 free	BETFREE10
Resorts Sportsbook	Resorts AC	Yes/Yes	Up to $250 match bet	MAXBONUS
888 Sport	Caesars AC	Yes/Yes	$10 free	Click here
PlayMGM Sport	Borgata AC	Yes/Yes	$25 free	None available
Golden Nugget Sportsbook	Golden Nugget	Yes/Yes	Up to $50 risk-free bet	Click here
Hard Rock Sports	Hard Rock AC	Yes/Yes	$100 free bet	None available
BetAmerica	Golden Nugget	Yes/Yes	100% up to $500	None available
Borgata Sports	Borgata AC	Yes/Yes	Up to $250 risk-free bet	None available
Unibet Sportsbook	Hard Rock AC	Yes/Yes	$20 free + up to $250 risk free bet	UNIBET25, UNIBET200
Bet365	Hard Rock AC	Yes/Yes	Up to $100 match bet	NA
TheScore Bet	Monmouth	Yes/Yes	NA	NA

NJ retail sportsbooks

Property	Sportsbook	Sports betting partner
Borgata	Moneyline Bar & Book	IGT
Resorts AC	DraftKings Sportsbook at Resorts	DraftKings/Kambi; SBTech
Ocean Resort Casino	William Hill Sportsbook @ Ocean Resort	William Hill
Monmouth Park	Monmouth Park Sports Book by William Hill	William Hill
Meadowlands Racetrack	FanDuel Sportsbook	Betfair/FanDuel/IGT
Harrah's	The Book	Scientific Games
Hard Rock AC	Hard Rock Sportsbook	GiG
Golden Nugget	The Sportsbook	SBTech
Bally's	The Book	Scientific Games
Tropicana AC	William Hill Sports Book at Tropicana	William Hill

Online vs. retail betting

Legal sports betting in New Jersey enjoyed its first anniversary in June 2019. Yet it is online wagering, which went live two months after the industry began, that has become the cornerstone of the industry.

Since DraftKings Sportsbook became the state’s first betting app in August 2018, online wagering in New Jersey has resulted in $2.16 billion in handle through the first 11 months. As a whole, the state’s industry totaled $2.9 billion in accepted wagers during that same time.

Over the first five months of 2019, online betting has accounted for better than 80% of overall handle.

Bettors continue to show preference toward online wagering. Which is why a few more betting apps should hit the market ahead of the 2019 football season.

When is the 2020 Super Bowl?

February may be the shortest month of the year, but it packs the most sporting punch thanks to the Super Bowl.

The 2020 edition of the Big Game takes place Feb. 2, staged in Miami for a record 11th time in the Super Bowl era. The Dolphins will lend out their Hard Rock Stadium for Super Bowl LIV.

How to watch the Super Bowl

Next season’s Super Bowl returns to Fox for game coverage. Game time will be determined at a later date.

Super Bowl 2020 current odds

It’s never too early to take a look at NFL betting for the next season. Especially when it comes to futures betting.

Below are the top 10 teams with the best odds at lifting the Lombardi Trophy at year’s end, according to data from some of New Jersey’s top online sports betting apps.

Next to each team is the listed price, which tells bettors how much they could win if their selected teams claim the Super Bowl. A +600 listing for the Patriots, for example, nets a $600 payday for a $100 bet.

NFL Team	DraftKings	BetStars	FanDuel	William Hill	PointsBet	Caesars
New England Patriots	+700	+750	+700	+650	+700	+600
Kansas City Chiefs	+850	+850	+800	+600	+800	+750
Los Angeles Rams	+1000	+1000	+950	+800	+1000	+1000
New Orleans Saints	+1100	+900	+900	+1000	+900	+1000
Philadelphia Eagles	+1200	+1600	+1400	+1400	+1400	+1000
Chicago Bears	+1800	+1400	+1700	+1300	+1500	+800
Indianapolis Colts	+1400	+1500	+1500	+1200	+1200	+1100
Green Bay Packers	+2000	+2000	+1900	+1400	+1800	+1400
Dallas Cowboys	+2500	+1800	+2500	+1800	+2500	+1800
Cleveland Browns	+1400	+1700	+1600	+1400	+1600	+1000

NFL Championship: predictions and betting picks

Few (if any?) seasons lived up to the drama and tension of the playoffs leading up to the 2019 Super Bowl.

The NFC Championship, between the Rams and New Orleans Saints, goes to overtime. An interception by LA less than a minute into the extra session. Greg Zuerlein, “The Leg,” drills his fourth field goal of the game, a 57-yard blast that not only set the record for longest made field goal in NFL postseason history but also sends the Rams to the Super Bowl.

Later that day, the AFC Championship … goes to overtime … after the Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs changed leads four times in the last eight minutes. Tom Brady wastes little time for the Pats, who receive the OT kick and find the end zone five minutes later to put away KC and head to the Big Game for a record 11th time — and ninth with Brady at QB.

With little changes among these final four teams, naturally, bookmakers in New Jersey have pegged them as the front-runners to make deep playoff runs once again.

It’s difficult to ever bet against Brady, arguably the greatest quarterback in league history, and New England coach Bill Belichick, the architect of a dynasty. Of course, the Pats will have to deal with the Chiefs.

Kansas City, led by incumbent MVP QB Patrick Mahomes, lit it up in 2019, finishing with the second-most points in a season in NFL history.

And in the NFC, QB Drew Brees and the Saints hold the third-best odds at most sportsbooks, while RB Todd Gurley II and the LA Rams have also appeared as high as third at others.

Like the Pats and Chiefs, the Saints and Rams feature electric offenses (both averaging over 31 points per game to ranks in the top three).

Maybe a strong defense, a la the Seattle Seahawks of yore, will emerge and shake things up this season. After all, of the final four teams in the playoffs last year, the Saints featured the best overall defense — which ranked 14th in the league and allowed only 350 yards per game.

NFL Playoffs format

The four division champs from both the AFC and NFC earn automatic berths to the postseason. The remaining two spots on each side of the bracket consist of Wild Card teams that finished with the best remaining records.

The top two seeds in the AFC and NFC received first-round byes, while the others will duke it out during the Jan. 4-5 weekend.

Winners from these games advance to the Division Round, scheduled for Jan. 11-12.

A week later, on Jan. 19, the AFC and NFC championships will take place to determine which two teams will advance to Super Bowl 2020.

Types of bets for 2020 Super Bowl betting

Finding your desired event at your go-to sportsbook is one thing. The fun certainly does not end there. A number of common Super Bowl and football wager types can be found at all of New Jersey’s books.

Point spread

Easily the most commonly found type of bet, and no doubt the format most familiar to the public.

Simply put, sportsbooks list their predictions about not only who will win a certain event but also by how much.

For example, the Chicago Bears could be favored by 3.5 points over the Green Bay Packers (listed as “-3.5” at books). Bettors can choose to wager on the Bears, which says they believe Chicago can win by 4 or more points. Or, they can back the Pack, saying they believe Green Bay can either lose by 3 or fewer points or win outright.

Moneyline

Another very common wager type, the moneyline is often used by media to show how much a team is favored or how big of an underdog it might be.

There is no beating or covering the spread on the moneyline. It’s all about who wins. A three-digit number next to both teams denotes the moneyline. Numbers with a minus sign indicates a favored team, while a plus sign shows the underdog.

So, the Bears, at -150, would be favored, while the Packers, at +150 would be the underdog. A negative number tells bettors how much they would need to wager in order to make $100, and a positive number tells them how much they win on a $100 bet.

Bet $150 on the Bears to make $100; bet $100 on Green Bay to make $150.

Totals

If simplicity is desired, totals (also called “over/unders”) is the way to go.

Before games, sportsbooks will determine how many points, for example, both teams will score in a specific game. Bettors can wager on the under or the over. Easy peasy.

Futures

This is the long-term game for bettors.

Any time during the year — late in the season, early in the season, before the season, just after the previous season ends — bettors can find futures odds on which teams will win the next league championship or who will claim the league MVP.

These markets are provided in straight odds, typically, and definitely keep bettors’ attention during the season.

Prop bets

You ever hear about the odds of the opening coin flip landing heads or tails? Or what color Gatorade will be poured over the coach of the winning championship team?

These are proposition or “prop” bets. And they are overwhelmingly popular during the Super Bowl.

Instead of a wager that is tied to game outcomes, props allow bettors to expand the betting options within a game.

Parlay

Instead of making one wager, bettors may lay down money on multiple games. And in order to maximize their winnings, bettors combine their games in a parlay.

Point spreads, moneylines, and totals could all be involved in a parlay, each of which is called a “leg.” The potential payout for a winning parlay depends on how many legs exist.

To hit on a parlay, each and every leg must be a winner. Have a nine-leg parlay? Better go 9-0. Because 8-1 is a loss.

Previous Super Bowl winners and losers

Indeed, the road to Super Bowl history is littered with Cinderella stories and dominant dynasties.

From David Tyree and the New York Giants somehow upending the undefeated Patriots in the 2008 Super Bowl all the way back to the 1972 Dolphins actually completing the league’s only unbeaten year with a title.

So many stories, so many great and not-so-great moments exist. (Sorry, Buffalo Bills, losers of four straight Super Bowls in the early 1990s.)

The Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers have won the most league championships (six apiece), while the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers have each claimed five.

On the flip side, eight teams have reached the final game at least once and have come away empty-handed (sorry Bills… and Vikings, who are also 0-4).

Interestingly, Buffalo and Minnesota haven’t even lost the most Super Bowls. That title, with five losses, is shared by the Denver Broncos… and the Patriots.

Game	Date	Site	Result
Super Bowl LIII	Feb. 3, 2019	Atlanta	New England 13, LA Rams 3
Super Bowl LII	Feb. 4, 2018	Minneapolis	Philadelphia 41, New England 33
Super Bowl LI	Feb. 5, 2017	Houston	New England 34, Atlanta 28 (OT)
Super Bowl 50	Feb. 7, 2016	Santa Clara, Calif.	Denver 24, Carolina 10
Super Bowl XLIX	Feb. 1, 2015	Glendale, Ariz.	New England 28, Seattle 24
Super Bowl XLVIII	Feb. 2, 2014	East Rutherford, NJ	Seattle 43, Denver 8
Super Bowl XLVII	Feb. 3, 2013	New Orleans	Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31
Super Bowl XLVI	Feb. 5, 2012	Indianapolis	NY Giants 21, New England 17
Super Bowl XLV	Feb. 6, 2011	Arlington, Tex.	Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25
Super Bowl XLIV	Feb. 7, 2010	Miami	New Orleans 31, Indianapolis 17

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