As we all know the Super Bowl final is one of the biggest sporting events on the planet, gathering hundreds of millions of spectators in front of the screens. And this year’s final will be no exception with Kansas City Chiefs are facing The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which will be respectively led by Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady.
Super Bowl LV will be the second final in a row for Kansas City Chiefs who won last year’s edition, and now are looking to back-to-back titles. But in order to do so, they must defeat the Buccaneers with one of the greatest quarterbacks of American football – the legendary Tom Brady. BCLC is more than prepared for the major sporting event with series of special bets on their online platform.
Betting on PlayNow.com
As reigning champions, the Chiefs are favorites to go for the double with 1.58 betting odds, but Tom Brady’s Buccaneers will definitely be a tough nut to crack with 2.45 betting odds. The Super Bowl LV is expected to be one of the closest finals in recent times, as any one of the two teams has the tools to emerge victorious at the end of the day.
In the spirit of the Super Bowl, the BCLC has prepared some very interesting novelty betting options on their online platform. Novelty bets can include anything from the long-awaited night of football, starting from the length of Eric Church and Jazmine Sullivan’s performance of the national anthem, if gambling enthusiasts feel brave enough, they can try and guess which will be the first and last song performed by The Weeknd during his half-time performance.
Players can also place bets in the CA$20,000 Super Bowl Pool, by trying to guess right 14 different bets. The winning player or players will win a huge prize at the end of the event. And for the fans who prefer playing at their local lottery retailers, which will provide over 60 special Super Bowl-themed betting options on Sports Action.
In conclusion, there will plenty of variety for betting options for the highly-anticipated Super Bowl LV final, with the BCLC offering over 550 different kinds of wagering opportunities for this year’s event, which will be available on PlayNow.com and Sports Action, with the exception of the simplest and most important bet, which is who will be the new champion, since single event betting is still unavailable in Canada.
Singe-event Betting
The British Columbia Lottery Corporation pushes towards the legalization of single-event sports betting and believes that the introduction could generate more than CA$125 million of revenue from land-based and online casino platforms. Another argument for single-event betting is that many people will stop flooding cash to offshore online platforms, and play on PlayNow.com which will tremendously help the local gambling industry.
In order to take people’s minds off the grey routine, BCLC always comes up with new and interesting betting options. Last Christmas, the Crown corporation offered slightly different novelty betting options, with players having the possibility of guessing the weather conditions on Christmas in Vancouver. Locals could place bets on whether it will be snowy Christmas or the usual for the province rainy one.
Source: “Legend Meets Legend in Super Bowl LV”, BCLC, February 3, 2021
