Super Bowl Spread (Game Time)
The official Super Bowl 2009 spread heading into game time was Pittsburgh Steelers -6 ½, though some online sportsbooks kept the line at -7. Most of the Vegas books were back to -7 by the start of game time as well. These odds were as of 2 hours heading into game time and some fluctuations were entirely possible.
betED.com and World Sports Exchange had not moved off the Arizona Cardinals +7 all weekend. In Las Vegas, the Hard Rock Hotel sportsbook kept the line at Cardinals +7 as well, though they briefly offered the Steelers at -6 ½ during the overnight hours (probably after all those drunks from UFC 94 stumbled out with their winnings).
Likewise, the Mirage never moved their line as seen below:
01/19/09 12:25:12 PM
7/200 (Open)
47 -110 (Open)
01/19/09 6:55:23 PM
7/-110
47 -110
01/22/09 1:15:06 PM
7/-110
46.5 -110
01/24/09 3:25:09 PM
7/-110
47 -110
01/28/09 3:25:09 PM
7/-120
46.5 -110
01/29/09 11:55:06 AM
7/-120
47 -110
01/30/09 1:25:05 AM
7/-120
47.5 -110
01/30/09 11:25:05 AM
7/-120
47 -110
01/30/09 11:35:04 AM
7/-120
46.5 -110
01/30/09 2:55:08 PM
7/-125
46.5 -110
01/30/09 5:25:14 PM
7/-125
47 -110
02/01/09 11:05:09 AM
7/-120
47 -110
02/01/09 11:25:05 AM
7/-120
46.5 -110
02/01/09 2:05:05 PM
7/-115
46.5 -110
02/01/09 3:15:05 PM
7/-115
Only once did betED.com move off the Cardinals +7 and that was right after the Super Bowl spread was posted. They were one of the few online sportsbooks to briefly offer a line of Arizona +7 ½. betED.com - a Gambling911.com sponsor - is paying back 50 percent of any first winning bet when you join today Accounts should be open (set up) prior to the start of the Super Bowl.
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