Super Bowl 59: Gatorade Color, National Anthem, Coin Toss Odds, Predictions & Betting Guide

By Bill Speros Feb 7th, 2025 4:23 PM EDT

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The length of the National Anthem, the outcome of the coin toss, and the color of the post-game Gatorade bath are three events that Super Bowl 59 betting fans of all types can wager upon legally in the United States, no matter their football knowledge. 

Super Bowl 59 will be played on Sunday, February 9, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The Kansas City Chiefs aim for a record third-straight Super Bowl win. They face the Philadelphia Eagles in a rematch of Super Bowl 57. 

"The Star-Spangled Banner" will be performed ahead of Super Bowl 59 by Grammy-award-winning pop, jazz, and rhythm-and-blues performer Jon Batiste, who is a Louisiana native.

The Super Bowl is the last great American gathering. More than 110 million people are expected to tune in to The Big Game on Sunday, Feb. 9 on FOX when the AFC and NFC champions meet in the Crescent City. And millions will tune in for the commercials, the halftime show, or to glimpse their favorite celebrity in attendance. 

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That means Taylor Swift as the Chiefs return to defend their title.

But you won't legally be able to bet on "The Number Of Times Taylor Swift Is Shown During The Game" at any legal sports book in the United States. While some Swift-themed novelty props are legal in certain jurisdictions, wagers concerning Swift's clothes, shoes, or what she might do during The Big Game are not allowed in any U.S. jurisdiction. They are legal in Ontario, Canada.

"When you go back to my Vegas days, we were never allowed to color of Gatorade and some things like that, but we've been able to do that in some various states across the country," said DraftKings Director of Race and Sports Johnny Avello. 

There are thousands of wagers available on sports betting apps and across betting sites based on the game’s outcome. For those who don’t care to wager on football, these three major betting markets cause as much discussion as any play during the game. 

They are the result of the coin toss, the national anthem's length, and the Gatorade's color dumped on the winning coach. Here is a look at each of those novelty markets with the latest NFL odds available, as well as our best bets on each market:

Super Bowl 59 National Anthem Odds: How Long Will It Last? 

Batiste, 38, performed the "Star Spangled Banner" remotely via instrument in July 2020 before the NBA resumed play during the pandemic inside the Orlando bubble. 

That rendition of the anthem without lyrics lasted 1 minute, 55 seconds. 

He also performed the "Star Spangled Banner" on the piano at the Apsen Ideas Festival in 2015. That rendition lasted 2 minutes, 28 seconds. 

Sports fans also Batiste performed a musical tribute to the Negro Leagues as part of the MLB's game at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama between the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals. 

Last year, Reba McEntire sang the anthem. She had traditionally clocked in less than 90 seconds since she first sang the anthem at a major public venue back in 1974. Her total opened at 85.6 seconds before it closed at 90.5 seconds on Super Bowl Sunday at FanDuel. 

McEntire rewarded bettors who backed the over on her performance, by stretching her rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" to 95 seconds.  

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Ahead of Super Bowl 57, the price on Chris Stapleton was -135 for going over 122 seconds and +105 to finish under that mark. Stapleton hit the under, finishing in 121 seconds, or 2 minutes, 1 second.

Anthem singers historically tend to go long before The Big Game. Ten of the past 12 anthems have gone over two minutes. Alicia Keys took 2 minutes, 36 seconds to complete the Anthem before Super Bowl 47, while Neil Diamond set the all-time Anthem land-speed record at 60 seconds flat at the Rose Bowl ahead of Super Bowl 21.

Our Pick: Over 122.5 Seconds (available in Ontario, Canada). Batiste usually appears with a piano, and that means long notes. And he'll likely embellish along the way. 

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Super Bowl 58 Coin Toss Betting Tips

The coin toss is the simplest wager of all for NFL betting fans. Heads or tails. It’s a bet we’ve all been making since we were kids picking sides for sandlot baseball, street hockey, or flipping for Twinkies in the school cafeteria. Here are the odds at DraftKings. 

Super Bowl 58 Coin Toss Odds

In the previous 58 Super Bowls, the toss has landed on heads 28 times (48.2%) and tails 30 times (51.8%).

The longest heads streak was five Super Bowls, while the longest tails run is 4. 

Only 26 teams have won both the coin flip and the Super Bowl in 58 attempts. Last year, the Chiefs called "heads," won the toss, and won the game. In the previous eight Super Bowls, the team that won the coin toss had lost the game. 

Our Pick: Heads. Always. And back the coin toss winner losing the game. It's happened in 8 of the past 10 Super Bowls. 

Super Bowl Coin Toss Betting History

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Super Bowl 59 Gatorade Odds: What Color Will It Be?

Bettors in certain jurisdictions will be able to legally wager on the color of the Gatorade dumped on the winning coach for Super Bowl 59.

Will the AFC or NFC team coach get the victory bath? Will the winner be awash in Gatorade matching their team colors? Will there be a Gatorade upset?

The Kansas City Chiefs shocked the betting world when they soaked coach Andy Reid with purple Gatorade following their 38-35 victory over the Eagles in Super Bowl 57. That color carried a +750 price tag, the longest on the board. The Chiefs did the same last year, soaking Reid in purple (+225).

Sean McVay was doused in Blue Gatorade after the Rams slipped past the Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl 56. It was the second year in a row blue Gatorade was used to celebrate a Super Bowl win. Tampa Bay crushed Kansas City 31-9 in Super Bowl 55.  

Super Bowl 59 Gatorade Color Odds

ESPN Bet (above), DraftKings, Caesars Sportsbook, FanDuel and BetMGM are among the top sports betting apps likely to offer odds on the color of the Gatorade bath in 2025. 

Orange has been the most popular Gatorade color of choice since 2001. It was the most-bet color last year at +325. It has been chosen 5 times by the winning team. Clear and blue have been used 4 times apiece. Purple and yellow were each used three times. And in the remainder of the Super Bowls, there was no Gatorade shower. 

The Gatorade shower began with the New York Giants in the 1980s. Coach Bill Parcells got the bucket treatment from nose tackle Jim Burt after a win over Washington in 1984. The Gatorade shower made its Big Game debut in the final moments of the Giants' 39-20 rout of Denver in Super Bowl XI in 1987. 

Our Pick: Yellow/Green has surged in this market as more money has moved in on the Eagles moneyline. The Chiefs have gone with purple after winning the past 2 Super Bowls. The Eagles soaked their coach with the traditional yellow/green Gatorade near the end of their NFC title game and rout of Washington. But the Chiefs will the the three-peat - and so will purple. 

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