Taking the moneyline means you’re betting the team to win straight up, so the margin doesn’t come into consideration. Since the Panthers won the game, they would have paid out on the moneyline. Super Bowl winners have experienced a nearly opposite start to the following season, with daily fixed correct score the defending champs going 19-4 SU in Week 1 the past 23 seasons. The ATS mark is just 13-8-2, but still a money-making angle for bettors who believe Super Bowl champs will prevail in season openers. The same bettor who caused Caesars Sportsbook to bump up the Super Bowl line to Rams -4½ after placing a $522,500 wager last week on Los Angeles -4 came back for more. The American Gaming Association reported that nearly 70 million people would bet on Super Bowl LVIII, waging over $23 billion. According to the AGA, that would be up from $16 billion spent during last year’s game.