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By
Carl Monaco
Football bets—applied to a wedding? Carl thinks he can make it happen.
In January 1986, Las Vegas casinos lost a fortune on Super Bowl XX. Strangely, it had little to do with the outcome of the game. While the Chicago Bears mauled the New England Patriots, casinos lost their shirts because the Bears scored their final points with their 380-pound defensive tackle known as the Refrigerator. As he was not known for being fast on his feet or for playing a position that hardly ever touched the ball, the odds were at 20 to 1 that this Kool-Aid Man-size player would score at all. When the Fridge walked onto the field as a running back in the game’s final minutes and then belly-flopped into the end zone for a touchdown, the gambling public won big and found a new reason to love the Super Bowl.
Proposition bets—more widely known as prop bets or side bets—are big money during Super Bowl week. What’s fun about these is that even novice football fans can have a good time placing friendly wagers because they really have little to do with the actual game, and they can still win big. People can put money on any of the following:
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