Ohio State likely left a sports bettor nursing some regret and wishing he could turn back time after beating Notre Dame on Monday night.
The Buckeyes are the new National Champions following their performance in the CFP finale and were the missing piece to a 14-leg parlay a punter paid just 85 cents to secure. The parlay included several NBA divisional winner predictions, an NBA All-Star over/under bet, some NHL futures, and UConn’s Natty win.
It went 13-for-13 and only needed Ohio State to win a Natty of its own to pay out $147,507.44. It was off 85 cents on odds of +17353716—yeah, we had to repeat that, just 85 cents…
However, the owner got cold feet after OSU lost to Michigan in the last game of the regular season to push themselves out of a first-round bye and put the slip up for sale on a social media account called Wager Wire.
It went for $16,750. After all, the buyer only needed the Buckeyes to go all the way to make over $130,000 in profit, which turned out to be the case on Monday night when they beat the Fighting Irish 34-23.
🚨💰$0.85 CENT PARLAY SOLD FOR $16,750!💰🚨@unitmetric turned $0.85 into an epic 14-leg parlay with +17 MILLION odds (+17353716). With 13 legs hitting, the final leg hinges on Ohio State Football winning the College Football Playoff
After a rollercoaster few weeks, he sold the… pic.twitter.com/1wI4mMQEhU
— WagerWire (@WagerWire) December 21, 2024
Ohio State Non-Hopeful Says He Has “No Regrets”
Of course, cashing out over $16K off of 85 cents is still very good business, and the bettor claimed to have “no regrets at all,” per FOX Sports.
“If I had the bankroll to hedge and secure a higher payday, I would’ve done it, or I could’ve let it ride. In my situation, that didn’t seem smart to do – to risk walking away with zero dollars after so many months of sweating,” he added.
We guess that is understandable, but, as they say, fortune favors the brave.
And, no matter what he says, we’re willing to bet a lot more than 85 cents on the guess that he will always look back on the sale with feelings of “what if.”
