Super Bowl 2025 Betting Recap: 'Philly winning in a blowout is what we needed'

Super Bowl LIX odds are now in the rearview mirror. And in a season when the public betting masses dominated for months, it appears the sportsbooks clawed a few dollars back Sunday night.

The Philadelphia Eagles scored the game’s first 34 points and breezed to a 40-22 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Pregame, most oddsmakers said they needed the Eagles, including The SuperBook in Las Vegas.

"The Eagles were a very good result for us. We needed the Under, of course, but we can’t complain," SuperBook vice president John Murray said.

Oddsmakers at sportsbooks across the country recap the day in Super Bowl betting.

Proving Prophetic

A couple of hours before kickoff Sunday, Murray provided what might have been a prophetic quote.

"We just don’t want anything to happen. When Kansas City has the ball, nothing."

Stunningly, for almost three quarters of the game, that’s what Kansas City got: nothing.

The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs trailed 34-0 before finally finding the end zone late in the third quarter. Even then, the subsequent 2-point attempt failed, making it 34-6.

Kansas City was down 24-0 at halftime, which helped The SuperBook and others vacuum up more money. Public bettors — reminiscing about when the New England Patriots rallied from down 28-3 to shock the Atlanta Falcons 34-28 in overtime — piled in on Chiefs in-game moneyline.

"On in-game, everyone was on Chiefs moneyline. The in-game was a massive decision," BetMGM Nevada’s Scott Shelton said.

Added Murray: "We did take a lot of in-progress moneyline bets at 10/1 at halftime."

But Patrick Mahomes & Co. didn’t have a Patriots-like comeback in them.

Prime Sportsbook, which operates in the Ohio and New Jersey markets, also did well with the