SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal

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"I don't know what more we can ask for, and I would think the public will be really excited. I'm just glad the Patriots got there. I didn't think the Chargers and the Giants would be the most attractive matchup."

Sportsbooks on the Strip were crowded with football bettors Sunday, and Kornegay and Walker reported brisk business. Walker characterized the AFC game as "kind of a yawner."

The NFC game, played in Green Bay at sub-zero temperatures, had one of the season's most dramatic finishes.

After Favre threw an interception on the first series of overtime, New York's Lawrence Tynes kicked a winning 47-yard field goal. Tynes had missed a 36-yard kick at the end of regulation.

The betting majority was on the Packers, who were posted as minus-180 favorites on the overtime line. The Giants extended their road winning streak to 10 games.

Kornegay said the Hilton plans to post about 300 proposition bets on the Super Bowl by Tuesday night.

New England, in the Super Bowl for the fourth time in seven years, is about a minus-500 favorite on the money line to defeat New York. Support for the underdog is anticipated.

"The books are going to need the Patriots to win the game but not cover the point spread," Kornegay said. "The Patriots haters will come out to bet the Giants on the money line. It's a love-hate relationship with the Patriots."

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