Unlike Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Cal., it didn’t boast Bad Bunny’s halftime extravaganza or $180 hamburgers, but things were definitely rocking on Super Bowl Sunday at the Gallery Bar, Book & Games facility inside Ocean Casino Resort as the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots in the 60th edition of the “Big Game.”
“It was a lively atmosphere,” reported Patrick Glose, the gaming hall’s director of sports book, during a Monday morning post-mortem.
Not that that’s a surprise; after all, Super Bowl Sunday is, historically, the biggest day of the year for any bet-taking entity. But some may have expected a drop-off from last year, when the Birds defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in one of the most lopsided championship games in NFL history.
“This year, we did not have a local team, but that did not stop the energy or the bets from being comparable to [2025 and 2023, when the Chiefs beat the Eagles]. That really is a testament to the NFL, that it draws so much interest regardless of what teams are playing.”
According to Glose, gross wagering was “almost identical” to last year’s game. That the absence of the Eagles (or a New York team) didn’t affect the bottom line which, he suggested, illustrates “a love for the NFL that is consistent.
A variety of wagers In terms of the types of bets made, Glose said, “there was a lot of diversity. We were really spread out in terms of where the bets were coming in and what people were looking to wager on.”
Interestingly, although in this neck of the woods the Patriots — who were the underdogs — are arguably the most-hated NFL team not named the Dallas Cowboys, Glose noted that more money was bet on them which, in turn, made it a “positive” day for the casino, given the Seahawks’ spread-covering victory.
While certainly a major part of the action, betting on the final scores of games is not the only form wagering on football games takes. Also significant are “prop” (for “proposition”) bets, which cover an almost limitless number of possibilities from which team will win the coin toss to which player or players will run for 100 yards or more to which players will score “anytime” touchdowns (meaning they’ll do so at any point in the game).
“The ‘anytime’ touchdowns really seemed to be everyone’s favorite,” offered Glose, who added that the lack of TDs in the first half clearly caused consternation among those assembled. “It was like, ‘Oh my, are we gonna get any touchdowns out of this?’ And obviously we had some late scoring, but you did see that the guys who scored touchdowns weren’t the number-one wide receivers, weren’t the [star] running backs. So, unfortunately for a lot of customers, their ‘anytime’ touchdowns didn’t hit.”
Glose said the most esoteric prop bet is what he called a “scoreagami”—a final score that has never before been achieved in any NFL game, regular- or post-season (he gave 32-15 as an example). But the 29-13 final tally was, alas, not unique, so no one at the Gallery (or anywhere else) received what he claimed would have been a “large payout.”
Super Bowl Sunday marked the end of the 2025 NFL season, and related betting. But Glose and his team are already crystal-balling the 2026 season. So, who are the early favorites to clash in Supe LXI in Los Angeles?
“Right now,” he revealed, “our number-one team out of the NFC is the Rams and our-number one team out of the AFC is the Bills.
“So, we’ve got Rams-Bills for next year.”
