Somebody bet a suspicious amount on the national anthem - and bookies think it's a conspiracy

It wasn’t me.

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WE HAVE A Super Bowl national anthem prop bet conspiracy on our hands.

The betting website Sportsbook.ag stopped taking bets on the length of “The Star-Spangled Banner” after there was a suspicious amount of money bet on it lasting longer than two minutes and two seconds shortly before kickoff.

The anthem last two minutes and four seconds, so the over hit.

Somebody was VERY confident that Idina Menzel’s anthem will last longer than two minutes and two seconds.

The length of the anthem is just one of a number of weird Super Bowl things you can bet on. Some others:

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