John Riordan: Super Bowl's big bets will be more lucrative than ever

As the waves of legalised gambling roll across the US, punters look to the Bengals, the Rams and the pop stars for inspiration

Quarterback Matthew Stafford is watched by head coach Sean McVay during practice at the Los Angeles Rams Training Facility in Thousand Oaks, California. The Rams will play against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday. Picture: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

The march to this weekend’s Super Bowl has been an especially confounding one for gamblers who couldn’t have possibly foreseen a pairing involving the against-all-odds Cincinnati Bengals and the slightly more fancied LA Rams.

And yet, the big game punts of all shapes and sizes will crash in over the next 48 hours in unprecedented fashion as the onset of legalised gambling spreads across the States.