The Super Bowl kicks off on a Monday morning in Australia, and you can bet on it online until kick-off with a bookmaker that holds an Australian state or territory licence. The NFL has set Super Bowl LXI for Sunday 14 February 2027 in Los Angeles, which is Monday 15 February on Australian calendars.
The markets are the NFL's usual ones, head to head, line and total points, plus props on players, teams and the game, an MVP market and season-long futures. Two things set the Super Bowl apart: it cannot end in a tie, and which props you can bet on depends partly on the regulator behind your bookmaker. NFL betting from Australia covers the regular season, and the US sports hub covers odds conversion.
When the Super Bowl kicks off in Australia
Super Bowl LX kicked off at 6:30 pm US Eastern time on Sunday 8 February 2026 (NFL preview), which was 10:30 am on Monday 9 February in Sydney. The schedule the NFL published on 14 May 2026 puts the conference championship games on Sunday 31 January 2027, two weeks before Super Bowl LXI. If the final keeps a 6:30 pm Eastern kick-off, it starts on Monday 15 February at:
| City | Time zone in February | Kick-off at 6:30 pm US Eastern |
|---|---|---|
| Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart | AEDT | 10:30 am |
| Adelaide | ACDT | 10:00 am |
| Brisbane | AEST, as Queensland has no daylight saving | 9:30 am |
| Darwin | ACST | 9:00 am |
| Perth | AWST | 7:30 am |
Confirm the kick-off time once the NFL announces it, and check the date every year, because it moves with the league's schedule.
Markets open in stages. The Super Bowl winner market runs all season: you can back a team before its first game, and the bet pays only if that team reaches the Super Bowl and wins it. Futures betting explained covers how to judge one of those prices. Markets on the game itself open only once the conference championships decide the two teams, which leaves two weeks for prices to move on team news.
Super Bowl game markets and overtime
The Super Bowl is a postseason game, so Article 4 of Rule 16 in the NFL's 2026 playing rules decides a level score. After 60 minutes, play goes to 15-minute overtime periods, and each team must have a chance to possess the ball, unless the team kicking off scores a safety on the receiving team's first possession.
After that, the team ahead wins, or if the score is level again the next score of any kind wins. Periods continue until there is a winner, so unlike a regular-season game it cannot end tied. Two Super Bowls have gone to overtime: LI in 2017 and LVIII in 2024 (NFL).
For markets, the common rule type counts overtime in the head to head, the line and total points, while a market on the result after regulation, where offered, settles at 60 minutes with a tie as a selection. The NSW rule book for bookmakers authorised there agrees: results and line bets include extra time unless something else is agreed (clauses 5.1.2 and 5.1.3), and where a tie is priced, extra time is left out (5.1.7).
Example: Illustrative prices, not a real game. The score is 24-24 after 60 minutes. In overtime Team B kicks a field goal, Team A replies with one, and with the score level again Team A kicks a second to win 30-27.
| Bet, $25 each | Price | Decided by | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team A to win, head to head | $1.65 | The final score, 30-27 | Returns 25 x 1.65 = $41.25 |
| Team A in the result-after-regulation market | $1.76 | The 24-24 score at 60 minutes | Loses $25 |
| Tie after regulation | $13.00 | The 24-24 score at 60 minutes | Returns 25 x 13.00 = $325.00 |
| Team A -1.5 | $1.80 | A 3-point win | Returns 25 x 1.80 = $45.00 |
| Over 50.5 total points | $1.91 | 57 points with overtime, 48 without | Returns 25 x 1.91 = $47.75 where overtime counts |
The winning side's backers lost in the one market that stopped at 60 minutes, so read a market's name before you take its price.
Super Bowl props: what is on offer
Super Bowl props fall into four families, and what each bookmaker lists varies:
| Family | Examples | Settles on |
|---|---|---|
| Player props | A quarterback's passing yards, a receiver's receptions, anytime touchdown scorer | The official game statistics |
| Team and game props | First team to score, first scoring play (touchdown, field goal or safety), total touchdowns, overtime or not | The official scoring record |
| MVP | Who wins the award | The NFL's announcement |
| Novelty props | Something outside the play, such as the opening coin toss, the length of the anthem or the colour of the sports drink poured over the winning coach | A public record that can be checked |
Whether any novelty prop is listed depends on the bookmaker and the regulator behind it, under the rules below. Player props work as they do in any NFL game, and NFL player props covers yards lines, ladders and what the statistics count. A two-way prop with a genuine 50% chance on each side, such as the coin toss, shows the margin plainly.
Example: Illustrative prices. Priced at $1.87 for each side, a 50/50 prop is a book of 2 / 1.87 = 106.95%, and balanced betting leaves the bookmaker 1 - 1 / 1.0695 = 6.5% of the money staked.
How novelty props are approved
An Australian bookmaker can only take bets on the events and bet types its licensing authority allows, and three regulators publish how they decide:
- Northern Territory. Section 167 of the Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (NT) lets the NT Wagering Commission declare sporting events. Its declaration, updated 12 August 2026, includes American football (Gridiron) and requires a clear, publicly accessible result that can be resulted within five days and independently verified. Novelty events fall under the Novelty Market Guideline 2019, which covers markets on an event or contingency "that is not the subject of a usual or standard betting market". That guideline asks for the same checkable result and settlement within 12 months, and bars markets in poor taste, including any involving a death or criminal conduct.
- New South Wales. For NSW bookmakers authorised to bet on declared events, the rule book calls sports-related markets that are not sporting events under the Act "sports novelties" (clause 5.2.14). Each must meet community expectations, have a certain outcome that can be independently verified and listed within five days, bar everyone involved in the event from betting on it, and close when the Department directs in writing.
- Victoria. The VGCCC approves events, or classes of events, for betting. Its list, updated 26 November 2025, includes American football events administered by a national or international authority, for fixed odds, and its non-sport approvals are the Academy Awards and four kinds of election. Section 4.5.29 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2003 (Vic) lets it prohibit particular contingencies.
So a prop listed by one bookmaker can be missing at another: they answer to different regulators, and each chooses what to offer. ACMA's register of licensed wagering providers shows the licensing authority for each trading name.
Super Bowl MVP betting
The Super Bowl MVP is decided by a vote late in the game, not by a statistic. When the NFL described the process for Super Bowl XLII, 16 media members on site held 80% of the vote and fans 20% (NFL). MVP bets settle on the NFL's announcement.
Voters have almost always chosen a player from the winning team. A player from the losing side has won it once, at Super Bowl V, and the award has been shared once, by two defensive linemen at Super Bowl XII (NFL). When a running back won it at Super Bowl LX, he was the first at that position since Super Bowl XXXII in January 1998 (NFL).
Two checks before you take an MVP price:
- Set it against the team's head to head. With illustrative prices, a quarterback at $2.75 for MVP implies 1 / 2.75 = 36.4%, and his team at $1.65 implies 1 / 1.65 = 60.6%. The MVP price assumes he takes the award in 36.4 / 60.6 = 60% of the games his team wins. If you would give it to him less often, the price is too short.
- Read the tie rule. Under the NSW rule book's clause 5.1.8, an illustrative $20 bet at $9.00 on one of two co-MVPs pays the face value of 20 x 9.00 = $180 divided by 2, which is $90. That is a $90 - $20 = $70 profit instead of $180 - $20 = $160. Bookmakers licensed elsewhere set their own terms, and dead heat rules explains the split.
Risk: Betting involves risk. An MVP price can look generous and still carry a large margin, because only one player wins and the market prices many. See responsible gambling for limits and support.
How to bet on the Super Bowl from Australia
- Pick a bookmaker with an Australian state or territory licence, and search its trading name on ACMA's register. Offering online sports betting to people in Australia without one is an offence for the operator (IGA s 15AA). ACMA cautions that unlicensed sites may never pay winnings and that no Australian regulator can step in for their customers.
- Expect your identity to be verified before your first bet, which the National Consumer Protection Framework has required since 29 September 2023.
- Set a deposit limit with the bookmaker: a decrease applies at once and an increase only after 7 days. Credit cards, credit-linked wallets and digital currency have been banned for online betting since 11 June 2024.
- Read the market's rules on overtime, a tie after regulation, a shared MVP and how novelty props settle.
- Place every online bet before kick-off. Under the Interactive Gambling Act, a bet struck after a sporting event has begun is in-play (s 10B). The Act's carve-out for online sports betting covers only bets placed before the start (s 8A(3)), so online markets on the game shut at kick-off.
Super Bowl mistakes that cost money
| Mistake | Cost in this page's examples | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Backing a team in the result-after-regulation market as if overtime counted | $25 at $1.76 lost on a game Team A went on to win | Check the market's name and settlement |
| Backing an MVP from the side you expect to lose | The award has gone to a losing player once in 60 Super Bowls | Price the MVP against the team's chance first |
| Missing the co-MVP clause | $20 at $9.00 returns $90 instead of $180 | Read the dead heat terms |
| Waiting to see how the game starts before betting | Online betting shuts at kick-off: 10:30 am in Sydney and 7:30 am in Perth if the 6:30 pm Eastern start holds, so a bet planned for after the first drive cannot go on online | Decide before kick-off, or skip the bet |
| Betting with an unlicensed overseas site | No Australian regulator can help if it does not pay | Check ACMA's register first |
Leave a Super Bowl market alone when you cannot find how it settles overtime, a tie after regulation or a shared MVP, or when the only reason to bet is the size of the occasion.
Checking big-game prices across bookmakers
B337's Terminal lines bookmakers up column by column on head to head, line and totals, and adds player props where bookmakers post them. Its sports board runs from AFL, NRL and NBA to soccer, tennis and more, but only while bookmakers have markets up.
The board reads prices on a repeating cycle, not with every price change, so a price on screen can trail the bookmaker's own: confirm the figure in your account before you bet. A free account opens a limited view of the Terminal with live odds. B337 itself is software: it does not take bets, set prices or hold your money.
Risk: Betting involves risk. Big-event markets carry their margin like any other, a price can shift between the screen and your bet slip, and there is no guarantee of profit. See responsible gambling for limits and support.