We were invited to umpteen casino Super Bowl parties in town (and a few out of town too), but we will stay at home to watch the game. Even back when we “lived” in casinos, we would go to a casino party, collect the VIP gift, scarf up some free stadium food, and then return to our hotel room to watch the game in peace and quiet.
Our kids are all Colts fans. Brad’s son and daughter were raised in Indy and both live there now. And the Frugal Princess family may be in Columbus, GA, but Angela is blue-and-white to the bone. (By the way, she graduated from high school with Jeff George.) We sent all three of the kids parlay tickets to spice up their Super Bowl parties. (Colts minus 5 1/2 and over 56 1/2) They are all hoping to be $180 richer tomorrow night!
Well, the Frugal philosophy should have precluded those bets–the two teams were just about equal in strength, so getting 6 (or 5 1/2) points by betting on the Saints was a tremendous Frugal-style opportunity! However, team loyalty made MANY people bet the wrong side…
Actually, there IS a lesson here: never make a sports bet on “your” team, because you will likely ignore highly unfavorable odds (or pointspread) for that bet.
I was also stunned by the magnitude of the over/under number—56 1/2 is a HUGE number! The proper bet was a parlay of the Saints and Under, and unlike many other Super Bowls, this bet was unequivocal–both Under 56 1/2 and Saints +6 were HUGE advantage plays. I wish I had had more than $200 available to bet.
Go Saints!!!