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This Sunday’s Superbowl represents a last gas station before a long ride into the desert for the American sports fan, as the two months between the NFL finale and the beginning of the baseball season are generally felt to be the dullest in the calendar. There’ll be a bit of half-hearted basketball and pointless ice hockey, but nothing to get excited about as the playoffs are still months off. If indeed, you even care in the first place.

To compensate for the doldrums that lie ahead, Vegas bookies are helping Superbowl punters stock up on excitement by bingeing on bets this weekend. According to Deadspin, wagers are available on virtually every instance of human activity throughout the game including length of time it will take American Idol winner Jordin Sparks to sing the national anthem, whether the MVP’s first thanks will be to God, teammates or no one, and even the colour of the freezing liquid tipped over the winning coach’s head from the Gatorade barrel. Orange is favourite at 5/4, red is second favourite at 3/1, purple is way out at 16/1 and double skinny orange mocha frappuccino is nowhere.