Betting The Money Line
When it comes to moneyline betting, the lines with a plus symbol tell you the amount of money you’d win on a $100 wager, while odds with the minus sign indicate the amount you need to bet to win $100. What Is Moneyline Betting? To put it simply, a money line wager is betting on who will win the game. Unlike the points spread and totals bets, the money line is in no way concerned with how many points are scored or the margin of victory. You’ll know you’re looking at a money line.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs will battle Super Bowl LV. The game takes place Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Fla. It would be the Chiefs’ second straight title and for the Bucs, it would be their first since Super Bowl XXXVII in February 2003. Buccaneers QB Tom Brady is in his 10th Super Bowl and seeking his seventh championship. Below, we analyze the Super Bowl 55 odds and lines at BetMGM with picks and predictions for the first-half money line.
2021 Super Bowl prop bet: 1st-half money line odds and picks
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Friday at 11:50 a.m. ET.
First-half money line: Chiefs -150 (bet $150 to win $100) Buccanners +125 (bet $100 to win $125)
While people will remember the second halves of games and how things ended, having a lead in the first half of the Super Bowl matters. Now, last year’s game between the Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers was the fourth first-half tie in the Big Game, but teams going into the half with the lead are 38-12 in the Super Bowl.
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The Chiefs held the halftime lead in both of their games this postseason, leading the Cleveland Browns19-3 at the half in the divisional round and holding a21-12 lead at the half over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship. In last year’s championship run, the Chiefs led at the half in one game, trailed in another and were tied in the Super Bowl.
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Tampa Bay led at the half in the wild-card round and the NFC Championship but was tied at the half in the divisional round. When the Bucs and Chiefs met in Week 12, the Chiefs led 20-7 after one half, en route to a 27-24 win.
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2021 Super Bowl first-half money line prediction
You have to like how the Chiefs are playing right now. The Bucs have the defense and the edge rushers to cause QB Patrick Mahomes trouble, especially with LT Eric Fisher out with an Achilles tear, but Kansas City has been here before and is playing at a high level. The Chiefs have played with the lead all postseason and did it against the Bucs in the regular season.
The question is whether they can stave off a comeback.
As for the first half, bet the CHIEFS (-150).
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