Since the introduction of betting exchanges in the early 2000's placing bet on American football has become popular all over the world, not just in the USA. Because betting is popular in this sport, it is natural to conjecture that most people, who place a bet, would also enjoy watching these games, and perhaps the most important game of the US football season is the Super Bowl. Now when it comes to Super Bowl betting, punters don't only bet on American football, they bet American full stop. So bookmakers for this game have to come up with all kinds of proposition bets too - it is in the spirit of one of the greatest American traditions ever known.

The NFL Super Bowl prop bet prediction can get pretty whacky too; there have been some real pursers over the years and every year bookies think up new ways of presenting prop bets. But a prop bet does not only have to take place on something whacky, like what colour dress the singer will wear when they sing the Stars and Stripes.

If you don't know this game very well and betting on American football turns you on, then we suggest you get your betting tips from professional handicappers, these guys know the game. Most bookmakers are professional handicappers and for example in the US, when we are talking NFL Superbowl - Allen Eastman springs to mind. As far as punters are concerned he is turning out to be the Warren Buffett of betting American football, or sports investing as the Americans call it; and he also nails NBA predictions. A good guide in a game you are not familiar with could be one of the best tips you could ever get.

While some Super Bowl prop bets are fun, in the majority these are designed so that bookmakers have to pay out on 10, 20, 30 or more major decisions, rather than only on three. The three major decisions in the past would have been a win, tie or lose. Times have changed and so have betting on American football. Prop bets can make or break the game for the bookmaker and them obviously present additional valuable opportunities for the punter to win, or lose his shirt.

For one game alone - the Super Bowl; this takes around $70 million in wagers, prop bets spread out this money and make the punting more interesting. By the same token, not all bookmakers offer the same choice of bets. What all America bookmakers do, do however is make use of the same odds system. This is the Money line system which is not expressed in a fraction as in the UK or as a decimal as in Europe, Australia and Asia. So it is important to know how to read American odds, if you are betting at a US site and are not familiar with these. Betting exchanges tend to stick to the decimal system as it is simpler to understand.