4 Sure Bets For Super Bowl Spending

DALLAS (TheStreet) -- By the time football fans hit their remote's power button, watch a play or criticize a commercial on Super Bowl Sunday, they've already invested millions in the game.

Last year, according to Nielsen ratings, an estimated 153.4 million Americans watched part or all of the New Orleans Saints' victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV, with the National Retail Federation estimating they spent $8.9 billion on the game.

With 13.8% of those watchers hosting Super Bowl parties and another 25.6% attending them, the cost of snacks, drinks, apparel and even new televisions -- which the NRF says 3.6 million Americans bought last year, despite spending almost 10% less on everything else -- adds up quicker than rushing yards against a banged-up defensive line. TheStreet took a look at pregame Super Bowl spending and found four areas Americans cherish more than an extra set of downs for the team they picked in the office pool. Regardless of the game's outcome, these four sectors all tend to come out ahead:

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