There have been some monster Super Bowl blowouts in the past. Washington beat Denver 42 to 10 in 1988. Then, San Francisco beat Denver to the tune of 55 to 10 in 1990. Noticing a trend here? Well, to be fair we only selected the blowouts involving the Denver Broncos. Mostly because they were embarrassed in the biggest game of all once again, this time by Seattle, to the tune of 43 to 8. Not a pretty sight.

To be certain, these were not the only lopsided loses for the Broncos in the Super Bowl. In the champion for the 1977 season Denver also lost to the Dallas Cowboys 27 to 10. And in the 1987 game, Denver again lost… this time to the New York Giants... by a score of 39 to 20. And hey, at least they scored more than 10 points that time. So should Denver be disappointed that they’ve lost so many championship games? Or happy they even made it there?

This year’s past Super Bowl was more of the same for the boys from Denver. Sure, the names have changed but the results have not. From the opening seconds to the closing gun, the game was never really in doubt as the Seattle Seahawks had their way with Peyton Manning and his boys. But what was disappointing for Denver fans turned out pretty well for casinos in Las Vegas. Below is a look at a few of the numbers from the biggest betting day in sports this year, courtesy of R.J. Bell of Pregame.com!

• Denver officially closed as a 2.5 point favorite over Seattle.
• 68 percent of bets were on Denver. 32 percent of bets on Seattle.
• Underdog has covered six of last seven Super Bowls.
• Most points any Super Bowl underdog has ever won the game by (Seattle by 35)
• Covered by most points of any Super Bowl team ever (Seattle covered spread by 37.5 points, and Washington +3 winning by 32 points in Super Bowl XXII had held both records)
• Seattle winning by between 34 and 38 points paid 100 to 1
• Denver scoring exactly eight points paid 225 to 1
• First Score Safety paid 50 to 1. Sportsbooks lost big on this prop.
• Malcolm Smith was such a big long shot to win MVP he did not have individual odds listed at sportsbooks (like all unlisted players, he was included in the “field” – which paid out 20 to 1 on average)
• Coin Flip was tails. After 48 Super Bowls: 24 Heads; 24 Tails
• Early reports indicate Super Bowl XLVIII was the biggest bet football game ever