NE -1500 Free Money?

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wtf is wrong with this line? a 4-2 team with the 5th best defense in the league is a 16.5 point dog?! I wonder if a line like this has happened before.

I bet the public money is still lopsided on the Patriots. I wonder where the sharp money is. I would guess Washington.

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Closest thing I can think of was San Francisco being a laughable 19 point favorite over San Diego about 11 years ago in the Super Bowl.

Course, they cover, but to think they win that game over 97% or w/e that would convert to is simply retarded.

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Money line was -700, iirc. Not -3200. [Also 49ers had beat SD by 23 already in reg season.]

Carl Icahn put $7mm on the 49ers to win $1mm. The IRS started cracking down on SB record-keeping after that.

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You guys are close.

It was 2.4m to win 300k.



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Greatest Super Bowl Betting Moments
by Robert Ferringo - 02/01/2006
1) The largest single Super Bowl bet on record in Las Vegas was attached to San Francisco in SB XXIX. The line was the 49ers giving 18.5 points to San Diego, but the bettor dropped $2.4 million on San Fran on the money line. The game was a farce, with the Niners winning by 23. However, that $2.4 mil paid at just 1-to-8. Meaning all of that risk only paid off for $300,000. Of course, "only" is a relative term.


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There was a million dollar payout, but it wasn't on a money line.


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---The single biggest recorded Super Bowl payday was to Bob Stupak, the legendary gambler and casino owner from Vegas. Stupak dropped a cool $1 million on Cincinnati, plus-7, against San Francisco in 1989. The 49ers captured the Lombardi Trophy on the famous Montana-to-Taylor touchdown, but failed to cover the number with their 20-16 victory

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If I recall correctly, Stupak was fighting with a woman and pissed off, he put 1 million on Cincy +7.

Whats ironic is that he had thoughts of hedging at halftime (tied 3-3 I think) taking SF at -3 or -3 1/2 for 500K.

He didn't, but if he had he would have hit both ways!