A Delaware sports bettor nearly hit a $100k payday from a $5 bet Monday night, and all he needed was the Colts to win by more than a Field Goal. The bettor put a $5 wager on a 15 team parlay, and had all 14 hit up until the Colts blew a 17-6 halftime lead against the Eagles.
“Honestly, we were rooting for the guy, starting with Sunday night’s game,” Delaware Lottery director Vernon Kirk said. “Our risk manager told us Sunday night that only one person had hit 14 games and needed the Bears and Colts.
“It definitely looked like Delaware had a winner when the Colts were up 14 midway through the third quarter,” Kirk added. “Then to have the Eagles rally like that — and to win in the last three seconds of the game — it was agonizing to watch when you knew one player was so close to such a big payout.”
The bettor would have been the first person since 2011 to hit the $100k lotto which is ridiculously difficult given the 32,000-1 odds of getting 15 picks against the spread right. The Delaware sports lottery has grown to the second largest sports betting operation in the United States behind Nevada. I cant help but for sorry for this poor guy, hopefully he knows what the definition of a betting hedge is and didn’t have this all go for not.