Super Bowl 60 is almost here, pitting the New England Patriots against the Seattle Seahawks. Current betting lines at DraftKings show Seattle as a 4.5-point favorite with the game total set at 45.5. Sam Darnold is the +120 favorite for Super Bowl MVP, while Drake Maye is listed at +240. With so much at stake, the captains’ meeting and the opening coin toss offer the first live betting proposition for sharp bettors and casual fans alike.
Prop betting is a huge part of Super Bowl wagering — sportsbooks take bets on everything from the coin flip to the color of the celebratory Gatorade. RJ White, CBS Sports’ Gambling and Fantasy Sports editor-in-chief and a top SportsLine analyst, has a strong recent record (22-15-1, +545) on over/under picks and has now announced his coin-toss pick for the game.
RJ White’s coin-toss selection: Heads (+100)
His reasoning: This is his sixth year making the official Super Bowl coin-toss call and he’s 3-2 in that span — which he argues is better than the average analyst. After choosing tails in four straight years (with a roughly 50% success rate), he’s switching back to heads. White dismisses the notion that “tails always wins,” pointing out how many preseason certainties fell apart this year, and says he prefers heads for this matchup. He also reiterates the usual caveat: only take this wager at even odds, since a coin toss is essentially a 50/50 event.
For more expert picks, SportsLine’s model runs 10,000 simulations per game and has posted a 53-37 record on its top-rated selections since 2024.
Fan Take: The coin toss pick is a small, fun example of how deeply betting has become part of the Super Bowl experience — it gets casual viewers engaged from the very first play. More broadly, the explosion of prop markets and simulation models shows how analytics and wagering are reshaping how fans watch and discuss big games.
