Bet you wish this was yours...

[DaFace]

https://p.twimg.com/Ak7iLNpCAAAcg24.jpg

(And, no, it's not mine.)

[ClevelandBronco]

I looked up the odds after it happened and was surprised to see only a 50-1 payoff.

[Bump]

I would never have a $1000 to make a crazy bet like that

[Rasputin]

Do the math = cha ching.

[Huffman83]

Must be nice to have 1k to waste on a bet though. Something tells me 50K is chump change to someone who would make that bet.

[Rasputin]

Must be nice to have 1k to waste on a bet though. Something tells me 50K is chump change to someone who would make that bet.

If he had that much money, surely that wasn't his only 1k bet? on the game.

[cdcox]

Meh, I've had better.

[Imon Yourside]

Meh, I've had better.

LMAO

[Rain Man]

I looked up the odds after it happened and was surprised to see only a 50-1 payoff.

yeah. the guy got lucky, but that's a really, really, really dumb bet. those odds assume that every three weeks there's one game that starts with a safety. it probably happens once every ten seasons or so if i had to guess.

[Phobia]

yeah. the guy got lucky, but that's a really, really, really dumb bet. those odds assume that every three weeks there's one game that starts with a safety. it probably happens once every ten seasons or so if i had to guess.

Not only that but he had to pinpoint it was a Giants safety. I can't imagine putting money out for that one.

[siberian khatru]

Meh, I've had better.

That bet's too phat. /omaha chief

[lcarus]

I looked up the odds after it happened and was surprised to see only a 50-1 payoff.

I thought the same thing. I was thinking more like 500 to 1 at least.

[Rain Man]

Not only that but he had to pinpoint it was a Giants safety. I can't imagine putting money out for that one.


whoa. seriously?

this bet had to have been made by a very rich person who knows nothing about football. i'm guessing there's oil money involved.

[lcarus]

I heard on sports radio last week that people could bet on the color of Gatorade that was thrown on the winning coach - yellow, orange, or clear. I noticed the color that was thrown on Coughlin was purple lol.

[Demonpenz]

50-1 sounds about right considering The Giants style of play.

[bevischief]

I rather have the winning Mega Millions ticket tonight.

[Stewie]

The fool was probably betting hard 8s at the craps table and winning. He just decided to carry on a sucker bet to the NFL.

[Phobia]

whoa. seriously?

this bet had to have been made by a very rich person who knows nothing about football. i'm guessing there's oil money involved.

It's Clark Hunt's ticket? That's just not fair at all.

[ForeverChiefs58]

Giants fan who won $50,000 on Super Bowl safety will donate winnings to charity

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aeOJrN2d5KyLBb6n5SJXXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnflexperts/0206-jona-rechnitz-tmz-wm-ex.jpg

The New York Giants fan who won $50,000 on the team's Super Bowl XLVI safety will donate his winnings to charity.

Jona Rechnitz placed a $1,000 wager that the first score of Sunday's game would be a Giants safety. When Tom Brady was called for intentional grounding on the New England Patriots' first possession, Rechnitz had the improbable 50-1 victory and the $50,000 in winnings it brought.

TMZ reports that Rechnitz plans to donate all the post-tax money to various charities, including one of Tom Brady's choice. He also hopes to donate $5,000 to a charity selected by Justin Tuck, the Giants defender whose pass rush forced Brady to make his illegal throw downfield.

Rechnitz owns a capital investment firm in Manhattan. He told the entertainment website that he only makes one Super Bowl bet per year.

The safety was only the sixth in Super Bowl history and the first to start a game in more than 40 years. In the Giants' first playoff victory of 2012, the team gave up a safety to the Atlanta Falcons. Those two points were all Atlanta would score in the game, marking the first time in NFL playoff history that a team finished a game with that total.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/giants-fan-won-50-000-super-bowl-safety-191343682.html

[2bikemike]

Giants fan who won $50,000 on Super Bowl safety will donate winnings to charity

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/aeOJrN2d5KyLBb6n5SJXXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTMxMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en/blogs/sptusnflexperts/0206-jona-rechnitz-tmz-wm-ex.jpg


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/giants-fan-won-50-000-super-bowl-safety-191343682.html

That guy looks like Les Grossman

[jd1020]

50-1 seems like retarded odds for something so rare and specific for the first points scored.

[Otter]

I had a similar (kinda) bet when the Bucs played the Raiders in the Super Bowl that Michael Pittman was going to score the first TD. He broke free, I went ape shit for a second, LB tackled him on the 2 or 3 and they let Alstott pound it in.

Didn't bet a grand but still would have been a nice payoff.

Cool story?

[Bugeater]

I had a similar (kinda) bet when the Bucs played the Raiders in the Super Bowl that Michael Pittman was going to score the first TD. He broke free, I went ape shit for a second, LB tackled him on the 2 or 3 and they let Alstott pound it in.

Didn't bet a grand but still would have been a nice payoff.

Cool story?
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt69/hollow_shinji312/CoolStoryBroBillyMays.png