No Puking Allowed In Lucci's Super Bowl Bet

WILMINGTON, MA -- People in Wilmington can tell you all about the award-winning, six-foot Italian sub from Lucci's Market. And if the Patriots somehow manage to lose Sunday, so will the people in Havertown, PA, a town about 11 miles outside of Philadelphia. Lucci's is betting one of its six-foot Italians against a six-foot Italian hoagie from Centrella's Italian Market & Deli in Havertown.

It's an even-money bet with specific terms laid out in advertisements being run by both markets. The loser needs to deliver the sub in person within seven days of the Super Bowl, although if the "beautiful and very tolerant wife" A.J. Loustau of Centrella's gives birth to the couple's first-born daughter, Centrella's gets a five-day extension.

"I told A.J. that he should fill his gas tank.," John Lucci said.

The bet is off if it is determined that all footballs have not been inflated to comply with NFL rules. There is also a "McNabb provision," in which a market automatically loses if its team's quarterback vomits in the last five minutes of the game. The first is an obvious dig at Pats fans and the alleged deflategate incident, while the second refers to a 2005 incident, in which Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb vomited during the game.

For full terms of the wager, see Lucci's Website. Subscribe to Wilmington Patch for more local news and real-time alerts.

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