Polymarket Users Shell Out $1.15 Billion on Super Bowl Result Bets

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  

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