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Super Bowl lures rush hour crowd as NFL seeks China touchdown

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BEIJING/LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (Reuters) - As millions around the world settled into couches and tuned into the Super Bowl on big-screen TVs on Sunday, fans in China watched the New England Patriots stun the Atlanta Falcons on mobile phones and tablets - on their way to work.

The National Football League is looking to score with viewers in China, where games often start during morning rush hour, via a push online. For the first time, the Super Bowl streamed live on popular messaging platform Sina Weibo.

The stakes are high for the league's bid to tap the enormous potential of China's 1.