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This Sunday, for the 47th time, two teams will meet in the biggest sporting event of the year to determine the next Super Bowl Champion. And regardless of the numbers that the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers put up, it is guaranteed that big numbers will happen elsewhere on Super Bowl Sunday. Check out the infographic below to see just how outrageous the stats are related to advertising, food consumption, ticket prices and more. Also, quiz your friends on some "Big Game" trivia, and for more visit Super Bowl 2013 from TicketCity. ...
The Super Bowl is almost here, which means football fans are pretty excited – and gamblers are going out of their mind bonkers. No doubt we've seen some classic games over the last 46 Super Bowls, but people throwing wads of cash at their bookies don't need a close game, they need a coin toss-first sideline reporter-Gatorade bath trifecta to hit. Between boxes, props, point spreads, money lines, the Puppy Bowl and all the other madness associated with the big game, some serious cash passes hands every Super Bowl. Phil Mickelson Bets On The Ravens To Win It All There was that time back in 2000 that golfer and man-boob advocate Phil Mickelson wagered $20,000 on the Baltimore Ravens to ...
To some football fans, the battle on the gridiron is enough, the dulcet tones of Jim Nantz and CTE-addled ramblings of Phil Simms providing the perfect soundtrack to the league's 47th championship game. But to many other NFL lovers, true happiness will only come if -- regardless of who hoists the Lombardi Trophy -- the longest touchdown scored on February 3rd is no longer than 45.5 yards. Welcome to the too-tempting-to-resist world of prop bets. So why does that guy at your Super Bowl party have his iPhone open to the stopwatch app as Alicia Keys sings the national anthem? Whether it's waiting to see how long a diva holds the last note of "The Star-Spangled Banner" or what color Gatorade ...