Super Bowl 60 betting line: Seahawks open as favorites over Patriots

The Seattle Seahawks have a shot at redemption.

Eleven years after an ill-fated call by former Las Vegas Raiders coach Pete Carroll likely cost the Seahawks their second straight Super Bowl title in a crushing loss to the New England Patriots, the teams will meet again in Super Bowl 60.

Seattle is a consensus 4½-point favorite over New England in the NFL championship game Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, and the line inched up to 5 at multiple sportsbooks Sunday night. The consensus total is 46½.

“We’ve seen the number industrywide tick up a little bit. There was a little bit of early action on the Seahawks on the money line,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook director Chuck Esposito said. “But the public, for whatever reason, doesn’t like the Seahawks. The Patriots are the public team of the two.”

The Seahawks are -235 on the money line to win their second Super Bowl title and the Patriots are +195 to win their seventh.

“I think it will be the usual Super Bowl scenario where you’ll see the public on Seattle minus the points and another segment of the public all over New England on the money line,” Boomer’s Sportsbook director of trading Nick Bogdanovich said. “So if (the final score) comes one through four points, the books will be counting money all day.”

The Patriots, a mere seven years after they won their sixth and final Super Bowl title of the Tom Brady-Bill Belichick era, beat the Denver Broncos 10-7 in the AFC championship game Sunday in snowy Denver. New England failed to cover as a 3½-point favorite en route to its 12th Super Bowl and the game stayed way under the total of 43.

“We were happy with New England winning,” Westgate vice president of race and sports John Murray said. “We did pretty well on the game and we do think New England is better for Super Bowl business. Denver has a great fan base, too, but having the backup quarterback in there, Jarrett Stidham, would not have been great for props and for interest in the game. I think it’s the Super Bowl matchup we all wanted.”

The Seahawks beat the Los Angeles Rams 31-27 in the NFC title game Sunday in Seattle, covering as 2½-point favorites. The game sailed over the total of 46 in the third quarter.

Super Bowl 60 is a rematch of Super Bowl 49, in which the betting line closed at pick’em. In what is regarded as one of the worst play calls in Super Bowl history, Carroll decided to pass rather than hand off to Marshawn Lynch, aka “Beast Mode,” from the 1-yard line. Malcolm Butler intercepted the pass from Russell Wilson to seal the Patriots’ 28-24 victory and fourth Super Bowl title.

“Fans get a rematch of Super Bowl (49), which featured a classic ending,” Caesars Sportsbook head of football Joey Feazel said. “We get East Coast versus West Coast, an MVP candidate in (Patriots quarterback) Drake Maye and (Seahawks quarterback) Sam Darnold, who has defied the doubters.”

Nevada sportsbooks won a record $22.1 million on the Philadelphia Eagles’ 40-22 upset of the Kansas City Chiefs in last year’s Super Bowl. The betting handle, or amount of money wagered on last year’s game, was $151.6 million, a dramatic drop from the state-record handle of $190 million that was bet on the first Super Bowl played in Las Vegas in 2024.

The state’s books have taken at least $132.5 million in wagers on the Super Bowl in each of the last 10 years, and books expect another massive handle.

“Within seconds of opening odds, we accepted a $36,000 wager on the Seahawks -4½, and a $55,000 wager on New England +4½,” Feazel said. “Action will be furious for the next two weeks as we have a marquee matchup.”

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