Never mind that it may involve a bottle of beer or thousands of dollars, when there is a game there is always a bet in one way form or shape.

This is probably the time when the 50 million Twitter members actually tweet. Time can stand still in America when the playoffs begin; literally everyone simply stops what they are doing just to see who wins a game. Much like what happens in Asia when Garvin Pacquiao has a boxing match, everyone in the Philippines simply stops whatever it is they are doing and just watches the game. Bookies make their rounds, does the calls, odds laid out on the internet, Twitter is full to the brim of bets made, and it is a madhouse in America. Nothing could capture the interest of Americans more than the game being played. This full attention to the details of how the game is played is what fires football betting. However, the best bets are really made in the room full of men with beer and tapas in their hands, watching the game on a flatscreen.

Watching from the stands or from television, it does not matter.