Despite Seattle’s preseason win whole of 8.5 (-125 to the underneath at BetMGM) and the Twelfth-best odds to make the postseason within the NFC (+170) earlier than the season started, one bettor liked the Seahawks to not solely make the playoffs and win the NFC but in addition win Super Bowl LX.
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Yahoo Sports was first to report a (*60*) bettor at BetMGM wagered $50,000 on three separate Seahawks-related futures again in August — $150,000 in whole — which might win slightly below $4.5 million if Seattle wins Super Bowl LX, marking the franchise’s first championship since Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014.
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The three bets:
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$50,000 on the Seahawks to win Super Bowl 60 at 60-1 odds to win $3 million
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$50,000 on the Seahawks to win the NFC at 28-1 odds to win $1.4 million
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$50,000 on the Seahawks to make the playoffs at +185 odds to win $92,500
The Seahawks clinched a postseason berth a number of weeks in the past to win the primary $50,000 bet and beat the 49ers 13-3 in Week 18 to safe the No. 1 seed within the NFC and home-field benefit all through the playoffs.
After Seattle’s victory over the Rams on Jan. 25, that bettor cashed his second ticket worth $1.4 million.
The $50,000 wager on Seattle to win Super Bowl 60 at present carries the (*1*), after a $50,000 bet at 66-1 odds on the Chicago Bears to win Super Bowl 60 got here up brief when the Bears fell 20-17 to the Rams in overtime at dwelling within the divisional spherical.
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The bettor just lately got here again in on the opposite aspect to hedge his Seahawks bet, wagering $725,000 on the New England cash line at +195 odds at BetMGM. That bet would win greater than $1.4 million and ensures that the bettor will win roughly $1.5 million on the Super Bowl and be up practically $3 million on all his wagers — irrespective of the end result of the large sport.
Yahoo Sports additionally confirmed Circa Sports in (*60*) took two massive wagers on the Seahawks at 75-1 odds to win Super Bowl 60 with “seven-figure liability” from a brand new buyer in late August and that Seattle is the sportsbook’s worst futures end result consequently.
The Seahawks are 4.5-point favorites in Super Bowl LX towards the New England Patriots.