Even though there is still four NFL teams vying for a spot in the 2012 Super Bowl XLVI, Las Vegas already has up Super Bowl XLVII odds for Sunday, February 3rd, 2013 at the Louisiana Superdome. The Las Vegas Hilton Superbook has posted odds for next season and have the Green Bay Bay Packers favored at 5-1, feel the Philadelphia Eagles will live up to expectations at 12-1 and have the Tim Tebow led Denver Broncos at the bottom of the pack sitting at 50-1 ($100.00 wager would pay back $5000.00).

Green Bay PACKERS     5/1                                             
New Orleans SAINTS     6/1                                             
New England PATRIOTS     8/1                                     
Pittsburgh STEELERS     12/1                                             
Philadelphia EAGLES     12/1                                     
Baltimore RAVENS     12/1                                             
Houston TEXANS           15/1                                     
San Francisco 49ERS     20/1                                                 
New York GIANTS     20/1                                         
San Diego CHARGERS     15/1                                                 
Dallas COWBOYS           20/1                                     
New York JETS           20/1                                             
Atlanta FALCONS     20/1                                     
Detroit LIONS           20/1                                             
Chicago BEARS           30/1                                     
Cincinnati BENGALS     40/1                                             
Indianapolis COLTS     40/1                   
Carolina PANTHERS     40/1               
Kansas City CHIEFS     50/1                                             
Miami DOLPHINS           50/1                                             
Oakland RAIDERS     50/1                                     
Arizona CARDINALS     50/1                                                   
Seattle SEAHAWKS     50/1                                       
Tennessee TITANS     50/1                                                 
Denver BRONCOS             50/1                                         
Buffalo BILLS           50/1                                                   
Minnesota VIKINGS     50/1                                             
Tampa Bay BUCCANEERS     50/1                                                 
Cleveland BROWNS     100/1                                         
Washington REDSKINS     100/1                                                   
St Louis RAMS           100/1                                         
Jacksonville JAGUARS     100/1

Lenny Del Genio: Early Sportsbook Innovations
Lenny Del Genio talks about early sports book innovations at the Las Vegas Frontier with Bob Grogorka - including stories of casino boardroom politics. Plus, tales about how Bob Martin made the line before the Stardust lottery, the early days of Las Vegas Sports Consultants, and name drops for Roxy Roxborough and Michael Gaughan


More tidbits from Las Vegas, Nevada and RJ Bell of Pregame.com (follow RJ on twitter):

Super Bowl odds
($100 on team wins . . . )
Patriots +$120 (44% chance)
49ers +$350 (21% chance)
Giants +$350 (21% chance)
Ravens +$600 (14% chance)

Patriots 7.5-point favorites over Ravens (over/under total 51)
FIRST time since 2007 season Ravens underdogs of more than a touchdown.

FORTH Conference Championship favorite of over a TD in last 10 seasons (20 games).

SECOND time Conference Championship over/under total is bigger than 50 in last 10 seasons (20 games).

49ers 2.5-point favorites over Giants (over/under total 44)
FIRST time Conference Championship favorite is favored by less than a field goal in last 10 seasons (20 games).

Odds of EXACT Super Bowl results (in order of likelihood)
* from Cal-Neva sportsbooks
($100 on result wins . . . )
Patriots beat 49ers: +$220 (26%)
Patriots beat Giants: +$350 (19%)
49ers beat Patriots: +$500 (14%)
Giants beat Patriots: +$600 (12%)
Ravens beat 49ers: +$1000 (8%)
49ers beat Ravens: $1000 (8%)
Ravens beat Giants: $1200 (6.5%)
Giants beat Ravens: $1200 (6.5%)

Super Bowl line:
Before this weekend, NFC was favored by 4-points over AFC.
AFC is now favored by 4-points over NFC.