Despite Seattle’s preseason win complete 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 beloved 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 Nevada bettor at BetMGM wagered $50,000 on three separate Seahawks-related futures again in August — $150,000 in complete.
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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 guess 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 price $1.4 million.
The $50,000 wager on Seattle to win Super Bowl 60 carried the largest liability of any reported NFL futures wager at U.S. sportsbooks, after a $50,000 guess at 66-1 odds on the (*60*) 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 Seahawks beat the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX 29-13 to money the third ticket, price $3 million. It is Seattle’s first championship since Super Bowl XLVIII in 2014.
The bettor got here again in to Vegas final weekend to hedge his Seahawks Super Bowl guess, wagering $725,000 on the New England cash line at +195 odds at BetMGM. That guess would win greater than $1.4 million and ensured that the bettor would win roughly $1.5 million on the Super Bowl and be up nearly $3 million on all his wagers — regardless of the end result of the massive sport.
Yahoo Sports additionally confirmed Circa Sports in Nevada took two giant 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 as nicely.