2026 Super Bowl: Gatorade Color, National Anthem, Coin Toss Odds, Best Bets & Betting Guide

By Bill Speros

Jan 30th, 2026 12:46 PM EST

(USA TODAY)

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 60 betting fans of all types can wager upon legally in the United States, no matter their football knowledge. Check out our 2026 Super Bowl Gatorade, Anthem and Coin Toss Odds.

Super Bowl 60 occurs Sunday, February 8, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The New England Patriots face the Seattle Seahawks. That stadium plays host to the San Francisco 49ers.

Neither team doused its coach with Gatorade after clinching their Super Bowl berths. The Seahawks have won one Super Bowl - where Pete Carroll was doused with Orange Gatorade. The last time a Patriots coach (Bill Belichick) got a post-game Super Bowl Gatorade bath came when the Patriots beat the Rams in Super Bowl 53. The Patriots used Blue Gatorade to bathe their irascible coach.

Grammy-nominated singer and pop star Charlie Puth sings "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the game.

The Super Bowl is the last great American gathering. More than 120 million people are expected to tune in to The Big Game on Sunday, Feb. 8 on NBC and Peacocl. Many tune in for the commercials, Bad Bunny's halftime show, or to glimpse their favorite celebrity in attendance. 

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Without Taylor Swift in attendance watching her beau, Travis Kelce, the thirst for Super Bowl exotic bets this year has waned. Legal sports books in some U.S. states can take limited action on the color of the post-game Gatorade bath, or the time it will take Puth to complete the National Anthem.

"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. 

Prediction markets such as Kalshi, Polymarket, and Robinhood have more leeway to offer trades on a variety of non-game related outcomes.

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:

2026 Super Bowl National Anthem Odds: How Long Will It Last? 

Puth had to pinch himself when got the gig, and admits on the front end that the "Star Spangled Banner" is the "hardest piece of music to sing."

Jean Batiste performed the "Star Spangled Banner" before Super Bowl 59. His rendition came in at 1 minute, 59 seconds (or 119 seconds). It came in under the consensus line of 120.5 seconds at Caesars Sportsbook and elsewhere.

Reba McEntire sang the anthem two years ago. 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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Anthem singers historically tend to go long before The Big Game. Nine 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: Under 119.5 Seconds. Expect Puth to deliver a deliberate but paced performance. He'll take his time to get those octaves just perfect. But avoids any excess.

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2026 Super Bowl 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 DraftKings used last season. 

2026 Super Bowl Coin Toss Odds

Shop around for a book that offers even-money on this play. This is the most genuine wager in that it's a clear 50/50 proposition. In the previous 59 Super Bowls, the toss has landed on heads 28 times (47.4%) and tails 31 times (52.6%).

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 69 attempts. Last year, the Chiefs called "tails," won the toss, but were beaten 40-22 by the Eagles.

Our Pick: Heads. Always. And back the coin toss winner losing the game. It's happened in 9 of the past 11 Super Bowls. 

Super Bowl Coin Toss Betting History

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2026 Super Bowl 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 60.

Will the AFC or NFC team coach get the victory bath? Does the winning awash in Gatorade matching their team colors? Anyone looking for a Gatorade upset?

The Seahawks did not soak coach Mike Macdonald after beating the Rams in the NFC Championship Game. The last New England Super Bowl victory - against the Rams in Super Bowl 53 - concluded with Belichick receiving a Blue Gatorade bath.

The Eagles doused coach Nick Sirianni with Yellow/Green Gatorade after their victory in Super Bowl 59. That color closed at -175 as heavy favorite before the game, given that the Eagles used it after their NFC Championship victory.

The Rams doused Sean McVay with Blue Gatorade after the Rams slipped past the Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl 56. That marked the second year in a row blue Gatorade feted a Super Bowl win. Tampa Bay crushed Kansas City 31-9 in Super Bowl 55.  

2026 Super Bowl Gatorade Color Odds

(Odds Via BetMGM as of January 30)

FanDuel, 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 two years ago at +325.The winning team used it five times. Clear and blue flew four times apiece. Purple and yellow/green/lime landed on the winning coach four 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: When it doubt, go with Orange.

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Bill Speros is an award-winning journalist and editor whose career includes stops at USA Today Sports Network / Golfweek, Cox Media, ESPN, Orlando Sentinel and Denver Post.

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