The Super Bowl Prop Bet 13 Step Program: Day Two, The Audible

Super Bowl Prop Bets are as American as your mother and as addicting as, um, stuff. Will Brinson's got a program for your all-American fix.

I know what you're thinking -- there aren't any prop bets hanging out there right now, are there? You're right. It's annoying, especially when you're trying to build a 13 step recovery dereliction program for gambler. In order to find out why the hell this was happening (WHERE. ARE. MY. PROP. BETS???) I emailed the incredibly astute R.J. Bell of Pregame.com to find out what the deal-io was. His answer?

But, like every good addict gambler, I know how to handle things when there's not betting readily available.

Keep in mind there's a direct correlation between bookie confidence and betting limits. Greater confidence equals higher limits. Many sportsbooks will take over $100,000 on a Super Bowl side bet (they trust their odds), but those same bookies might max a prop bet at $500 (they don't trust their odds). The bookies lack of confidence is a clear sign of opportunity for the bettor. Typically betting action far before an event is limited to mostly professionals; amateurs bet much closer to game time. The bookies are in no hurry to rush up low-confidence props for professionals to bet into. When the squares are ready to bet, the props will be available in full force.

A. Ha. There we go -- Vegas is just scared of us, kind folks. So, we clearly need to remedy this (and fast, or I'm completely out of a premise for this piece). The obvious solution? Some would say "get drunk." I say "make up your own bets."

There's a time honored classic among my friends in Raleigh when it comes to watching the Super Bowl, and I'll explain how it can make you some quick cash, in a simplistic fashion. First of all, at the end of the first quarter, target the drunkest person at your Super Bowl party. Approach them and start discussing the halftime show.

Steer your conversation towards what songs you think Bruce Springsteen will play; "Glory Days", "Born to Run", and "Born in the U.S.A.", by the way, are stone cold locks. No question about it; if you can get your target to go against any of these three (or all three together), you take the cash and run.

My bets for the other two (or three, according to Wired -- aside: I forget Springsteen wrote "Blinded by the Light", which is also a nice party bet for free cash)are "Dancing in the Dark" and "The Rising" mixed somewhere in between. If he sneaks a sixth in, it'll be "Thunder Road". Simply convince your drunk buddy to bet on something else or a song that's no really the Boss, and roll around in his cash throughout the second half.