After a season of close games, the Philadelphia Eagles became the Super Bowl champions for the second time in history on Sunday, February 9, 2025.
Background
- The Eagles drilled an early 10-0 hole, cementing their position
- The deficit kept widening and eventually turned into a 40-22 disaster for Kansas City
- Bettors on Polymarket aggressively poured funds throughout the season
Why should you pay attention?
- Users shelled out more than $1.15 billion on this year’s Super Bowl Championship-related bets
- The Panthers, Browns, and Raiders managed to grab significant chunks of volume ($139 million, $115 million, and $123.9 million, respectively)
- The Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, meanwhile, amassed $16.4 million and $11.8 million in volume
- Pseudonymous sports trader ‘abeautifulmind’ profited over $550,000 from their Eagles bets
- On the other side of the spectrum, ‘hubertdakid’ had to let go of $718,633 by betting against the champions
Who said what?
- Chalking out how the margin of victory drastically changed, a tweet from Polymarket Sports pointed out,
“Eagles chances to win by 22+ were JUST 4% before the game started”
- Meanwhile, others from the Polymarket team highlighted how the platform had the “best” Super Bowl odds
Zooming out
- Other Super Bowl-related bets on Polymarket revolved around the toss, Rizzler, Taylor Swift, and the national anthem
