If you’re a member of the betting public, the only Super Bowl Sunday participant who was a bigger underdog than the Giants was you. After all, the House always wins, right?

Wrong.

Just when you thought that this Super Bowl could not provide anymore surprises, there’s this:

Vegas sports books lost $2.6 million on the game.

Sure, the casinos probably made up the difference before most of the winners had time to get to the all-you-can-eat $7.99 steak and shrimp buffet, but for a brief moment in time, the Patriots could lose and so could Vegas.