Super Bowl betting is going constantly at the Sportsbetting Sports Books with ticket counts showing a bit higher than 5-to-2 in favor of the Colts. Every sports book in town has the Colts a 5½-point favorite with a small variations on the total from 56 to 57.

Of course, as they say – you ain’t seen nothing yet. Over 95% of all wagers on the game will be made Saturday and Sunday of this week and that will be where the telling sign is to where this game will go. So far on a small sampling, the Colts appear to be the team of choice.

While betting has been steady, few sports supervisors are ready to predict the total handle. But they all seem to agree it will outpace last year’s $81.5 million, the lowest Super Bowl volume since 2004.

For now, most of the action has been on the Colts. And why not? They have been the most consistent team all season seemingly unfazed where they play, what surface the game is on and don’t even blink if they find themselves in a deficit.

The Saints, on the hand, have many in the general public asking if they are in the Super Bowl merely because of the home field advantage they had in the Superdome for the NFC title game, where they appeared to be outplayed by the Vikings.

Had this game been in early November, the Saints would likely be the team with a 5 to 2 ticket count ratio. They were peaking at that juncture and appeared to be unstoppable, but then came the stretch run and they ran out of gas in the final furlong losing three straight as the playoffs began.

Fortunately for the Saints, they do have a little recent history on their side. Remember the dreadful 80’s and early 90’s Super Bowls that saw blowouts every year with NFC teams dominating?

Ever since Denver knocked off the Packers as an 11-point underdog, the Super Bowls have been pretty entertaining for the most part.

Just in the last two years alone we’ve seen the underdog side cover with the Cardinals almost winning and the Giants beating the undefeated Patriots. However, the underdog winning is still pretty scarce.

Since that Denver win, where many had the money line giving the sports books one of their lowest Super Bowl wins ever, the public has been chasing for that upset win. They hit big time with the Giants two years ago, and back-to-back with the Buccaneers in 2003 and Patriots in 2002, but that’s it.

There are only four underdog winners since 1998, Out of four, Only three other dogs covering but not winning.(source:gamingtoday)