Buffalo may have gotten bounced in the divisional round of the 2021 NFL playoffs, but QB Josh Allen and his team left the kind of impression on bettors that Bills Mafia leaves on tables. The AFC East champs opened as +750 co-favorites on BetMGM to win the 2022 Super Bowl and nearly a fifth of all the money wagered so far is betting on them to finally break through and claim the Lombardi trophy next year.
The public likes the AFC
The four most popular Super Bowl bets hail from the AFC. A tick over 14% of bettors have futures on Buffalo, followed by the Chiefs (8.6%), Bengals (6.9%) and Titans (5.9%). Those four represent the final four AFC teams left standing after this year’s wild card round. Kansas City shares the same +750 odds as the Bills, while Cincinnati is +1200 and Tennessee is +2200.
The public is about as enthused to wager on the newly-crowned champion Rams as their fan base is to attend regular season home games. Only 5.3% of tickets are betting on a successful Hollywood…
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