4 Best Super Bowl LVI Halftime Props

It’s part of what makes the Super Bowl so fun and such a fascinating window into American sports, commerce, culture, and entertainment. There is a Super Bowl halftime show which people can bet on. If you know nothing about football, you can still bet on the Super Bowl if you feel you know how the halftime show is going to unfold in certain ways. The artists who perform at the Super Bowl bring with them a set of favorite songs and, accordingly, a set of expectations about how they will perform them and how they will be arranged. If you think you can guess what popular tastes will require from the show, and how NBC television and the National Football League will likely structure the show in Los Angeles, you can take a crack at these intriguing betting propositions. You can sidestep the Los Angeles Rams and Cincinnati Bengals and focus strictly on music and entertainment … and maybe make a bet you will never forget.

Here are four Super Bowl LVI halftime show props for you and your friends to consider:

Number of Songs Performed

Over 7.5: -140

Under 7.5: -110

This is Hollywood – Los Angeles – so the idea of a shorter halftime show with fewer songs, not more, doesn’t seem to resonate as a likely outcome. The halftime show is roughly 15 minutes (the whole halftime is roughly 25 to 30 minutes when allowing for the setup and dismantling of the stage, plus a few minutes of team warm-ups just before the start of the third quarter), so maybe they will fit only seven songs into the program, but with a lot of different artists performing – they are listed below in the next betting prop – it seems hard to think the set of songs will stop at seven. The over seems like the better bet at this point.

First Performing Artist Shown Live On TV During Halftime

Multiple artists together: +190

Snoop Dogg: +300

Dr. Dre: +350

Eminem: +400

Mary J. Blige: +550

Kendrick Lamar: +550

The presence of Snoop Dogg at USC football games and other sporting events in Los Angeles makes him a good choice as the first artist on camera. Mary J. Blige, as a female artist, is probably the other underdog choice worth taking a flier on. Multiple artists together is possible but somehow seems to cut against the promotion of individual stars, which is what the Super Bowl is usually designed to do.

Color of Eminem’s Hair When First Shown On TV

Brown/Black: -256

White/Blonde: +215

Any other color: +550   

This one is up in the air, but you’ll note that whereas some of the likely choices on other prop bets have plus odds, this one has minus odds. Make of that what you will.

First Song Played In Halftime Show

California Love: +270

Family Affair: +500

The Next Episode: +550

Still D.R.E.: +550

Nuthin’ But A G’ Thang: +650

Lose Yourself: +700

Drop It Like It’s Hot: +750

All The Stars: +1,000

HUMBLE: +1,000

California Love comes across less as an opening number and more as a closing song. There is no strong favorite here, and you might want to study these songs to think about an angle which other bettors might not consider. There could be a smart choice others can’t see just yet, or aren’t aware of.