Bettors who don't find there to be a ton of value in betting lines often seek salvation from prop bets, and there isn't a better game to find a boatload of props than the Super Bowl. A common bet available in most games is picking the combination of who will be leading at halftime parlayed with winning the game at the final gun, a prop which tends to be tricky if you don't know what you're doing.
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The Panthers have jumped on their last three foes, including their last two in the postseason by huge margins in the first half. They've head into the locker room in three straight games with leads of at least 17 points, and as a result, they've relatively easily cashed bets that they would be leading at halftime and winning at the end of the game.
Clearly, Carolina/Carolina for halftime/fulltime betting is going to be the most popular wager of the six possibilities for the Super Bowl. Whereas the moneyline price on the Panthers just to win the game is set at -215 as of the publication of this article, they'll be probably around even money to both be leading the game at halftime and winning it in totality. Especially with the way they've played of late, it's going to be tough for bettors to really see any other possibility.
Of course, nothing is truly cut and dry, and if all bets were that easy, particularly in a game like this at the Super Bowl, the lights would be a lot dimmer in Las Vegas.
History suggests that betting on the favorite to both be leading the Super Bowl at halftime and winning the game is a poor bet. Heck, if you discount last year's Super Bowl when the game went off as a pick 'em, the underdog team has won three consecutive Super Bowls straight up.
The last time a favorite both won the game and was leading at halftime was in Super Bowl 45 when the Packers beat the Steelers. In fact, only three times in the last 10 years has the favorite both led the Super Bowl at halftime and gone on to win it.
The really tricky part comes when the game is tied at halftime. Hardly anyone will bet on the first half to be a tie and then have one team or the other win the game. With the new rules on extra points being moved back, it's a little bit tougher now to have a tied game at the break, knowing that there's more variance in what a touchdown is truly worth when you add in the extra point as well. Don't believe us? Just look at what happened to New England last week in a game which was essentially decided because Stephen Gostkowski picked the worst time in his career to miss his first extra point in years.
Denver has a history of playing a lot of these games where the same team isn't leading at halftime that wins. In fact, of the team's eight games played since November 29, five have featured some other result aside from the same team winning and leading at halftime, and only once in that span did the favorite pull off that trick.
Though it might be tempting to just bet on the Panthers to win the first half and win the game, know that there are probably better percentage plays on the board involving Denver winning at least one of the two sides.
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BookMaker's live betting platform means you always have access to odds and lines to every sporting event. Click here and start wagering today! The game between the Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos is scheduled for Sunday, February 7, 2016, at 6:30 p.m. ET at Levi's Stadium. Super Bowl 50 will be broadcast on CBS.
