What are the odds that Taylor Swift, fresh off an Eras Tour performance in Tokyo, will touch down in time to cheer on her boyfriend in the Super Bowl in Las Vegas? And if she makes it, and the Kansas City Chiefs win, what are the odds that Travis Kelce will propose to her on the field after the game instead of going to Disneyland?
Frankly, it'll be of little direct concern to sports bettors, since U.S. betting apps will not be permitted to offer such Swift-centric wagering in the NFL title game.
“We've come a long way, but some stuff like we're talking about here (about Swift) or betting on elections, there still might be a few years before we get to that point,” Adam Pullen, Caesars Sportsbook’s assistant trading director, told the . “But I like anything that drives action and gets people to bet. But we're dependent on what the regulators in each particular state has to say.”
Swift’s influence on Kelce props
While bettors won’t be able to bet on where Swift is or what she does during the Feb. 11 Super Bowl, they’d be wise to consider her influence on Kelce’s play.
As Sports Handle‘s own Jeff Edelstein noted earlier this week, when Swift attends Chiefs games in person, Kelce tends to perform better statistically. And when the two first went public with the relationship, the pop star turned Kelce into a prop star, with an unprecedented amount of action flowing his way during that honeymoon period.'
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