Viral Sensation: Millie the Dog Achieves Perfect “Three-Peat” with Accurate Super Bowl LX Prediction
Social media has crowned a new sports oracle following the conclusion of Super Bowl LX, as a dog named Millie is trending worldwide for successfully predicting the Seattle Seahawks’ championship victory. The viral video, which surfaced shortly before kickoff, marks the third consecutive year that Millie has correctly identified the NFL champion, solidifying her status as an internet sensation.
Millie’s streak began in 2024 when she correctly chose the Kansas City Chiefs, followed by a successful prediction of the Philadelphia Eagles’ triumph in 2025. With the Seahawks’ latest win in 2026, Millie has achieved a rare “three-peat” in sports forecasting, capturing the imagination of football fans and gamblers alike. The method typically involves the canine choosing between two bowls of food or toys representing the competing teams, a format that has become a staple of Super Bowl week content.
While Millie’s success is entertaining, this phenomenon is part of a long tradition of “animal psychics” captivating global audiences. The trend gained mainstream prominence with Paul the Octopus, who famously predicted the outcome of eight matches during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Since then, various zoos and pet owners have attempted to replicate the viral success with animals ranging from hippos to camels, though few have maintained a multi-year streak comparable to Millie’s.
However, skeptics and statisticians urge caution before placing real-world wagers based on a golden retriever’s appetite. From a probability standpoint, predicting the winner of a single game is essentially a coin toss. The odds of correctly guessing three consecutive Super Bowl winners by chance are 1 in 8, or 12.5%—statistically improbable, but hardly impossible.
Furthermore, internet sleuths have pointed out the potential for “survivorship bias” and digital manipulation in these viral trends. Content creators often record their pets choosing both options and simply upload the video that corresponds with the winning team after the fact, or delete incorrect predictions from previous years to maintain the illusion of a perfect record. While there is no evidence suggesting Millie’s owner engaged in these practices, the anonymity of viral social media content makes verification difficult.
Despite the skepticism, Millie’s charm has provided a lighthearted narrative to close out the NFL season. For Seattle fans, the dog is a good luck charm; for the rest of the internet, she is the latest lovable face in the unpredictable world of sports predictions.
