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15 bizarre Super Bowl bets

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Forget the point spread, football squares or betting on how many touchdowns Peyton Manning may throw in the big game. When the Denver Broncos take on the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII, gamblers will also be risking sizable amounts of money on a series of unique, novelty prop bets (wagers on a very specific outcome) related to the NFL title game on Sunday.

This year's list of obscure and ridiculous bets from popular online sportsbook Bovada includes a crying player, Omaha, shirtless rock stars, snow and sideline reporters Erin Andrews and Pam Oliver.

—By Brian Beers, CNBC senior producer. Follow him on Twitter @brian_beers.