Super Bowl betting oddities?

(1) fwiw The odds for a safety at the first play for each team on one of the uk bookmakers a few hours before kick off was 125/1.
(2) Seems someone managed $200 to win $15,000; and the BBC on their live showing of the Superbowl were saying bookies might have lost £20k (though can't find anything about it on the internet).

And this win seems to be on several websites ..
$50,000 won - I'm slightly confused as the article says the odds were 1000-1 but then say the punter placed $1000 and only won $50,000. So I think the odds were 50-1. However same story here.

btw when an outsider wins (such as a UK horse race) it is usually the best result for the bookmaker. However I remember one race (many years ago) where it was the worst for one bookie as they had taken a bet of £150 to win £5,000. Also at Newton Abbott where a 66/1 won the last race it was easy to see that two people on the track had found the winner, everyone else had left!

Quote: thecesspit

A fair catch free kick was discussed here. Which is a kick for the goal after a fair catch, with no pressure from the opposition.

My facts may be slightly off, but we also discussed whether a free kick after a safety was also considered a "kick off", because the Over/under on kickoffs in Super Bowl 43 was something like 9.5, and there were 9 kick offs and 1 free kick. It has been discussed here before, and different books scored it differently, and it was reported differently in box scores across the country.

update: It was a very interesting Wiz article:

wizardofodds.com/sports/kickoffs.html

Here is photo of the winner and his ticket - he's giving the winnings to charity. I do hope he gets his dinner with the Giants' linemen as it seems a very nice thing to do.

Quote: cclub79

My facts may be slightly off, but we also discussed whether a free kick after a safety was also considered a "kick off", because the Over/under on kickoffs in Super Bowl 43 was something like 9.5, and there were 9 kick offs and 1 free kick. It has been discussed here before, and different books scored it differently, and it was reported differently in box scores across the country.

update: It was a very interesting Wiz article:

wizardofodds.com/sports/kickoffs.html

Ah, I was thinking of a different discussion then, sorry!

Quote: thecesspit

Ah, I was thinking of a different discussion then, sorry!

They are both interesting discussions though. No apology is necessary.