Ranking The Best Sportsbook Commercials Of 2021 – GamingTodaySlotsToday

JB Smoove and Caesars get our nod as the best sportsbook ad of 2021.

Raise your hand if you didnt see a sportsbook commercial this year.

That was a trick question. We all saw sportsbook commercials in 2021. Not once, not twice, but many, many times.

Most commercials are annoying. Which is why a great commercial is so enjoyable. Its like having a fun visit to the dentist; like discovering a Dane Cook joke thats actually funny; like finding a good-tasting fruitcake.

Here are our choices for the five best sportsbook or sports betting commercials from 2021.

The biggest winner of 2021 was Caesars with its campaign featuring comedians JB Smoove and Patton Oswalt. These spots have the feel of improv, which is appropriate since both Smoove and Oswalt have a reputation for improvisation in their work.

Oswalts nerdy, obsessive rants are reminiscent of his iconic filibuster performance on Parks & Recreation, when he breathlessly ad-libbed several minutes of Star Wars geekiness.

Smoove is brilliant as always with his self-assured, over the top bravado and command of the language, as he shows us how a benevolent Caesar may have acted. The former Def Comedy Jam member and Emmy-nominated actor is cool enough and funny enough to draw your eyes and ears to his every move. Thats the perfect recipe for a great commercial.

Kudos to BetMGM for securing Jamie Foxx, a true Hollywood superstar for its signature branding campaign. Foxx has a presence and personal stature that sells the King of Sportsbooks message. This is the best of the many advertisements featuring the Oscar-winning actor. I especially like his legit right-handed home run swing. The EPS (Explosions Per Second) are off the charts in this one.

We can debate how clever the phrase Live Your Bet Life is, but these PointsBet commercials are pretty solid. This series is hosted by Drew Brees, who finds himself with a group of pals celebrating parlay and prop bet wins, etc.

You cant go wrong with Zubaz, which make a brief appearance in this quick-cut montage style advert from FanDuel. No stars, no fireworks, no comedians, just a series of images to get you excited about the thrills of sports betting and big moments.

Truth is, we could have had three or four Caesars commercials that feature JB Smoove in our rankings. Thats how good this series has been. Look at it this way: PointsBet had an entire series of adverts with Shaquille ONeal. They were pretty amusing, and sometimes clever. But they look way under 7-feet tall compared to the giant success of the Smoove commercials from Caesars. Thats how good these spots are.

In this one, titled The Press Conference, we get Smoove again as Caesar, with his lovely Cleopatra sidekick played by Halle Berry, and special appearances by four Mannings: Archie, Peyton, Eli, and Cooper. Its the non-football star Cooper who steals this commercial, with his weird facial expressions and perfect giggle from the backrow.

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