If you had any bet on the Seattle Seahawks at -6.5, even if it was just $20, you were tilting your face off at the end of Monday night’s game.
Imagine having $500,000 on the Seahawks at -6.5.
There was a really, really tough bad beat on Monday night when the Eagles caught a Hail Mary and then went for 2 when most would have just kicked the extra point. When the Eagles got into the end zone for 2, it was a ridiculous beat for Seahawks backers, and there were many of them. It had to be a happy play for sportsbooks. BetMGM saw almost 90 percent of bets come in on Seattle before kickoff. Many of those bets came when the Seahawks were -5 or -5.5, but there were plenty of tickets with -6 or -6.5 printed on them.
One bettor had a swing of more than $950,000 on the 2-point conversion. Someone at BetMGM wagered $500,000 to win $454,545 on the Seahawks -6.5.
That bettor will never forget the final few seconds of Monday night’s game.
The Eagles scored on a weird lob pass that was batted back to Richard Rodgers, who made a great catch for the touchdown with 12 seconds left. No big deal. The Eagles would kick the extra point to cut it to 7 points with the extra point and … wait, the Eagles are going for 2?
Doug Pederson has some odd views on when to go for 2. He’s aggressive with it, let’s say. And now all of a sudden, what looked like a lock on a half-million-dollar wager was coming down to a meaningless conversion.
The Eagles handed to Miles Sanders, who ran past a disinterested Seattle defense. That score cut Seattle’s lead to 6, and it meant that the Eagles were covering the 6.5-point spread. Seattle then recovered the onside kick and the game was over.
Seattle 23, Philadelphia 17. All Seattle -6.5 tickets could be torn up.
Including one for $500,000.
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