One of the most famous Super Bowl games through the eyes of the sportsbooks was the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XIV in 1980. The line of the game game opened with Pittsburgh a 3.5-point favorite, went to 4, and then closed at 4.5. The Steelers ended up winning this game 35-31 and the game landed right in the middle and sportsbooks lost millions. It is still remembered as the Stock Market crash of the sportsbookworld.

Proposition started as a novelty in 1986 when Caesars Palace in Las Vegas posted 20-to-1 odds against illiam Perry scoring a touchdown in Super Bowl XX. Head coach Mike Ditka publicly announced they he wouldn't use the Perry in goaline situations despite using the d-lineman as a short-yardage carrier during the regular season. With the score out of reach, Ditka reneged on his statement and Perry scored one of the most famous touchdowns in Super Bowl history. Today, prop bets are just a popular as wagering on the game itself.

The game outcome was never in doubt but the Buffalo Bills (+10.5) made things interesting from a betting perspective in their 30-13 loss to the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl XXVIII. After allowing a field goal late in the fourth quarter, quarterback Jim Kelly and the Bills made a one final effort to make the game respectable. It was also Buffalo’s last chance to slip under the number. With 2:50 remaining, Kelly inched Buffalo down to the Dallas 15-yard line with 38 seconds left. A spike, a crushing seven-yard loss on a sack, an incomplete pass, and a Don Bebe catch that was caught but pushed out of bounds seven-yards short of a first down and four more shots at the end zone and a cover.

Everyone knows of NY Jets quarterback Joe Namath’s guarantee that the Jets would win, but it was spread maker extraordinaire Bob Martin who set the now-infamous opening line of the Colts -17. Namath held to his word and the Jets pulled off one of history's great upsets, beating the Colts 16-7. Martin was quoted as saying, "I got a letter from somebody at Columbia School of Journalism, saying aren't you embarrassed? And I said, `Of course not, that was a great number.' "The Columbia student, he explained, confused the betting line with a prediction of the score. Instead, it was merely a price meant to attract action on both sides, which it did -- Super Bowl III drew some of the heaviest betting to that date. Baltimore Colt Bubba Smith claimed in his autobiography that the game was fixed. He wrote the game was "set up" for the Jets in order to boost the AFL's credibility. In a later interview, Smith stated, "That Super Bowl game, which we lost by nine points, was the critical year. The game just seemed odd to me. Everything was out of place. I tried to rationalize that our coach, Don Shula, got out-coached, but that wasn't the case. I don't know if any of my teammates were in on the fix."

Tennessee’s 33-14 convincing win over Jacksonville in the AFC Championship clearly had an effect on the opening line of the Super Bowl XXIV. The Rams were installed as 7-point favorites despite having the most dangerous offense in the NFL that season. It was said that some sportsbooks wanted to open the line as high as St. Louis -10. As for the game, tied at 16, Rams’ quarterback Kurt Warner connected with Isaac Bruce for a 73-yard TD pass, putting St. Louis up 23-16 with 1:54 left. Tennessee then drove downfield, and quarterback Steve McNair hit Kevin Dyson to put the Titans at the 10-yard line with six seconds remaining. With no timeouts, McNair hit Dyson again on a slant on the three-yard line but St. Louis’ Mike Jones tackled Dyson at the one-yard line as time expired. The result was only the second push in Super Bowl history.