America's Super Bowl - The most successful show in the history of Television - Kansas City Chiefs end 50 year drought

For those of you around the world not exposed to the Super Bowl in America, it is the only TV program that could possibly knock the Trump impeachment trial, Democratic Presidential primary, and those lying news media off the air for a day.

A lot of fun and fascinating facts follow but here are some teasers.  With a television audience between 100 million and 193 million, mostly Americans and American troops throughout the world, it is the biggest show in television history and this is the 54th year.  For the past five years it has pulled over 100 million viewers per year.

The Super Bowl halftime show is the largest live concert in the world and a gold mine for invited artists.  This year Shakira and Jennifer Lopez dazzled.

It was the favorite San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs who have not won the Super Bowl in fifty long years.  The Chiefs were trailing 20-10 with about seven minutes left in the game when the Chiefs stunned the nation with 21 straight points in little over 5 minutes to win 31-20.

The fact the favorites and losers were from Nancy Pelosi's home in San Francisco, and the Chiefs are from the American heartland where Trump has substantial support, probably gives Trump more talking points.

The Senate impeachment trial of Trump drew about 7 million viewers on a good day so you can see how the Super Bowl, with at least 14 times more viewers, might explain why Trump will be acquitted this Wednesday, yet another a crushing defeat for the Democrats and news media.

Super Bowl 2020 Data. Some 193.8 million adults in the US plan to watch Super Bowl 54 per a survey of more than 7,200 US adults from NRF. That's upwards of 11 million more viewers than last year's projected viewership of 188.5 million.

Here is what the UK had to say about this amazing American spectacle.

UK View of Super Bowl

Cultura Colectiva

The Super Bowl In Numbers: Crazy Facts About The Big Game

By: Oliver G. Alvar

January 23, 2020

As one of the most-watched annual games in the world and a billion-dollar brand, the Super Bowl consistently gives us record-shattering numbers every year. Here are the craziest facts about The Big Game.

Who doesn’t love Super Bowl Sunday? The anticipation of a winning team rushing through the field after a victorious touchdown, the excitement of all those play-by-play analyses and strategies that could turn a close match into a steamrolling of epic proportions. Anything can happen, nothing is written—and we all love it.

So, the fact that The Big Game is such a commercially successful event comes as no surprise, does it? As a record-shattering event, the Super Bowl provides astonishing numbers every year, some of which might tell us more about American culture than we’re comfortable accepting. Indeed, Super Bowl Sunday is one of those days that provide a strong argument for the idea that Americans are the biggest consumerists in the world. That’s a double-edged sword.

Regardless of what it means, however, here’s how the Super Bowl looks—in numbers. Read on to find 7 crazy facts about the big game.

It's the second-largest day for food consumption in the US.

Think about all the beer, hot dogs, and hamburgers consumed during that Sunday. The Big Game accounts for most food-consumption in America during a single day, right behind Thanksgiving. That’s a ridiculous amount of food!

It's second only to the UEFA Champions League final as the most-watched annual sporting event worldwide.

And that’s even crazier when you consider the UEFA Champions League Final is watched by many countries worldwide, whereas the vast majority of the Super Bowl’s audience comes from a single nation. That’s a lot of Americans watching a single game!

It's frequently the most-watched American television broadcast of the year.

The Super Bowl broke records in 2015 with an average TV-audience of 114.4 million viewers, and it hasn’t gone below the 100 million-viewers mark since 2009. 

Its commercial spots are among the most expensive in the world.

The 2017 Super Bowl had an advertising revenue of around 419 million dollars. An average 30-second ad-spot costs around 5 million dollars since 2016, and not less than 2 million since the turn of the century!

Each American spends over $80 during Super Bowl Sunday.

On average, each American consumer plans to spend around 82 dollars on snacks, drinks, television, team apparel, accessories, decorations, furniture, and any other number of things for Super Bowl Sunday. This average includes betting. In 2017, about 138 million dollars worth of bets were placed at casinos across Nevada.

All those crazy figures and record-shattering in spite of the Super Bowl being mainly for American audiences. After all, Super Bowl Sunday is so popular in the US, it’s basically become an unofficial national holiday, which just goes to show America is the most consumer-based society in the world. But hey, as long as it’s all about football, I guess it’s fine

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The Super Bowl is back this weekend with all the razzmatazz, build-up and big money that goes with it. And that's before there's even been a touchdown!

This is the 54th edition of the Bowl, with Kansas City Chiefs taking on the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The NFL's biggest event is being held Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida.

The 65,326-capacity stadium will host the event for the sixth time in 31 years. That's some big numbers already... So here are some more!

San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan will lead his side in Miami on Sunday, hoping to reproduce the success of his dad, Mike.

Mike coached in four Super Bowls as an assistant, before leading the Denver Broncos to back-to-back titles over 20 years ago in the late 1990s.

No pressure, Kyle!

22.81 miles per hour

If you could make a noise for how fast Kansas City Chiefs player Tyreek Hill is, it would be "vroooom!" Luckily there are more scientific ways of measuring speed - the Chiefs receiver clocked in at 22.81mph in December against the Los Angeles Chargers. That's faster than the speed limit for some streets in the UK!

In the interest of fairness, in a close second, 21.87mph is the top speed of 49ers running back Raheem Mostert.

Happy 43rd birthday Shakira!

The Super Bowl halftime show is a big deal and this year Shakira will be performing on her 43rd birthday!

She'll be joined by Jennifer Lopez, as the other confirmed artist.

The halftime show attracts a huge TV audience, sometimes more people watch that than the game itself.

The most-watched halftime show was 2015 when Katy Perry's performance attracted 118.5 million viewers, while the game itself drew an average audience of 114.4 million viewers.

50 year wait

Kansas City Chiefs fans have waited a long time for this! It's 50 years since the Chiefs were last in the Super Bowl, that's before Shakira was born! At the time they beat the Minnesota Vikings in New Orleans.

Kansas also appeared in the first Super Bowl in 1967, losing to the Green Bay Packers.

$5.6 million

Half time is such a big deal at the Super Bowl and with millions of people watching, 30-second advert slots cost $5.6 (£4.2m) million, each! The cost of all the adverts put together is roughly $400 (£303) million!

Facebook and US president Donald Trump are among those expected to air commercials.

OVER ONE BILLION CHICKEN WINGS!

Yes, that's a lot of chicken!

Super Bowl fans are expected to eat 1.4 billion wings on Sunday.

To put that into perspective: The weight of those wings (75.4 million kilograms) is more than 300 times the combined weight of all 32 NFL teams.

More Super Bowl Facts

So you got this far but you're still confused about what the Super Bowl actually is, don't worry we have the answers.

If your mates are big American football fans, hopefully we can help you to at least understand some of what they're talking about on Monday morning.

And if you're new to American football or just want a reminder you can find all of the rules of the game here!

UK Halftime Show???

What is the Super Bowl?

It's the final game of the National Football League (NFL) season in the United States and is one of the biggest sporting events on the planet.

The NFL is what all American football teams are part of.

The winners of the Super Bowl are crowned 'World Champions' and get to lift the Vince Lombardi trophy.

This year it's the 54th Super Bowl.

50 years ago Chiefs last won

How long does the game take?

The game is meant to last an hour with four 15 minute quarters.

It can take much longer though because of the half-time show and all the ad breaks.

This is why snacks are a big part of fans' Super Bowl parties!

Most people do not want to see the game, just highlights, but want to see the halftime show so here is the full performance by Shakira and Lopez.

Kentucky Derby Countdown - Feel up to betting the Derby - So just what do the odds mean and how much do they pay?

Ever since time began and people showed up, they have been trying to figure out how much they win based on the odds.

I mean, if the odds were ten to one that Moses dropped the Ten Commandments, then how much did you win?

So here is exactly what you will win if you bet $2.00 on a horse to win the Kentucky Derby.

ODDS	PAYS		ODDS	PAYS		ODDS	PAYS
1-5	$2.40		8-5	$5.20		6-1	$14.00
2-5	$2.80		9-5	$5.60		7-1	$16.00
1-2	$3.00		2-1	$6.00		8-1	$18.00
3-5	$3.20		5-2	$7.00		9-1	$20.00
4-5	$3.60		3-1	$8.00		10-1	$22.00
1-1	$4.00		7-2	$9.00		15-1	$32.00
6-5	$4.40		4-1	$10.00		20-1	$42.00
7-5	$4.80		9-2	$11.00		30-1	$62.00
3-2	$5.00		5-1	$12.00		50-1	$102.00 .

For those of you into deep-diving into the facts behind the facts, here is the rest of the story.

Fractional Odds Explained

Let’s finally move onto fractional odds, which are most common in the UK, as well as horseracing.

These are the funny-looking odds – like 9/5 or 1/2 – that you see when you flip on the Kentucky Derby

These are the funny-looking odds—like 9/5 or 1/2—that you see when you flip on the Kentucky Derby. The first thing to know is that, if you want to say fractional odds, like 9/5 or 1/2, aloud, you would say “nine to five” or “one to two.”

The number on the left (9) dictates how many times the relevant outcome could fail; whereas the number on the right (5) tells us how many times the outcome would succeed.

Fractional Odds in Action

Let’s say Golovkin hypothetically receives the 8/13 odds. These odds mean that, if this fight happened 21 times (8 + 13), Golovkin would lose 8 bouts and win 13.

To calculate the implied probability of Golovkin winning the fight, take the number of times he is expected to win (13) and divide it by the total number of trials (21). This results in a 61.9% chance for Golovkin to win the fight.

The formula, plus what it looks like after we input Golovkin’s odds:

To calculate Alvarez’s probability of winning the match, we do the same thing. Let’s say, hypothetically, odds are 11/8, meaning if the fight happened 19 times (11 + 8), Alvarez would lose 11 times and win 8 times.

Therefore, the probability of Alvarez winning the fight is calculated by dividing 8 (the number of times he would win) by 19 (the total number of trials). Alvarez has a 42.1% chance of winning the fight.

Our formula would look like this:

Remember what we said earlier about the “juice” or the “vig”? This is the cut the bookmakers take. It means that that the implied probabilities of both outcomes added together is going to be greater than 100%.  

We haven’t even factored in the probability of a draw yet, and the sum of the probabilities is already over 100% (61.9 + 42.1 = 104). You’ve got to pay to play, unfortunately.

If you want to bet on Golovkin to win the fight (8/13 odds), your winnings are calculated by multiplying your wager by the quotient of 8 ÷ 13 (0.615). If you wish to bet $10, then your winnings will be $6.15 (10 x 0.615). That number is added to your wager (your “return” or how much money you receive back). In this case, you’ll receive $16.15 back ($10 + $6.15).

Here’s what the formula looks like, plus what it would look like after we input Golovkin’s odds:

If you want to bet your $10 on Alvarez, multiply that sum by the quotient of 11 ÷ 8 (1.375). Your winnings would be $13.75 ($10 x 1.375).

Your return would be $23.75 ($10 initial stake + your winnings of $13.75). Below is how to solve that using the formula.

There is a greater payout when betting on Alvarez, the “underdog” in this fight. Betting on underdogs in any sport typically allows you to risk less in order to win more. Remember, however, that there’s a reason they are the underdog, whether it’s a rookie season, there’s been a recent injury, or they face serious competition.

If you side with Golovkin, the “favorite,” you’ll need to risk more to get the same return.

Let’s See What You’ve Learned

Just like we did with American odds, use the formulae you’ve learned (and the fractional odds below) to answer the following questions:

·         Probability of Real Madrid Winning:

·         Probability of a Draw:

·         Probability of Juventus Winning:

·         Winnings if betting $10 on Real Madrid:

·         Return if betting $10 on Real Madrid:

·         Winnings if betting $10 on a Draw:

·         Return if betting $10 on a Draw:

·         Winnings if betting $10 on Juventus:

·         Return if betting $10 on Juventus:

Answers (all percentages are rounded to one decimal place):

·         Probability of Real Madrid Winning: 36.4%

·         Probability of a Draw: 31.3%

·         Probability of Juventus Winning: 35.7%

·         Winnings if betting $10 on Real Madrid: $17.50

·         Return if betting $10 on Real Madrid: $27.50

·         Winnings if betting $10 on a Draw: $22.00

·         Return if betting $10 on a Draw: $32.00

·         Winnings if betting $10 on Juventus: $18.00

·         Return if betting $10 on Juventus: $28.00