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A look at the 2009 Super Bowl betting lines for Thursday show that around 30 percent of online sportsbooks have moved the number to Steelers -6 ½. This is a sharp contrast to Wednesday when only around 10 percent of online sportsbooks offered the -6 ½ Super Bowl betting line.
In Las Vegas, the Hilton continued to offer up a line of -6 ½ on Pittsburgh as well.
The half point difference from the -7 offered at most online sportsbooks and in Vegas can mean the world. With a -6 ½ line, a Pittburgh touchdown win pays gamblers while the 7 point line would result in a "push" (nobody gets paid).
2009 Super Bowl lines monitored by Gambling911.com showed the following:
BetUS.com - Steelers -6 ½
Bookmaker.com - Steelers -6 1/2
Pinnacle Sports (non US customers only) Steelers - Steelers -6 ½
betED.com - Steelers -7
BetJamaica - Steelers -7
Sportsbook.com - Steelers -7
WSEX - Steelers -7
Belmont - Steelers -7
William Hill (non US) - Steelers -7
"So the trend appears to be a move down a half point to -6 ½," commented Don Shapiro of Gambling911.com.
At press time Thursday afternoon, the gambling public was on the Arizona Cardinals slightly more than the Steelers at 55/45 action, however, approximately 85 percent of the money line action was on the Cardinals (Arizona to win outright and paying $200 for every $100 bet).
Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher
