SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal

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11:11 a.m. -- This pregame show is getting old.

11:14 a.m. -- We see Peyton Manning's first commercial. No proposition bets were posted for the total number of Manning commercials.

11:35 a.m. -- Dark skies, high winds and rain set the scene as I walk into the Red Rock Casino.

The sports book is standing-room only. A tall guy with long hair is wearing a Walter Payton jersey, and he is asked his opinion on the game.

"I think I would take the Giants and the points," he says. "That's a lot of points."

1:07 p.m. -- A middle-aged man wearing a Giants hat stands in the middle of the book at Sunset Station.

"I think it will be close," he says, "as long as Eli Manning doesn't make a bunch of mistakes. The Patriots will win a close one."

Another guy approaches sports book director Micah Roberts and asks the most ridiculous question of the day. He points at the TV screens and says, "Is the game going to be on in here?"

Roberts politely says "yes" and goes back to discussing the game. He points out that in the previous 41 Super Bowls, the underdog either won outright or the favorite covered 36 times.

That means the favorite has won but not covered in only five Super Bowls.

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