An unlucky bettor lost $500,000 on Monday night after the Eagles scored a late touchdown and then went for the two-point conversion.
Never gamble, folks. While sometimes you can get extremely lucky and hit big, other times you can see a monstrous amount of money stolen from you in the blink of an eye in a heartbreaking fashion. Just ask the poor person who bet on the Seahawks to cover -6.5 for Monday Night Football.
Up 23-9 late, Seattle was in cruise control and well on its way to a double-digit victory. Instead, Carson Wentz and the Eagles scored a touchdown with less than a minute left on the clock. No big deal, right? The score was 23-15 and Philadelphia would just kick the PAT to close the scoring at 23-16. Instead, Doug Pederson had his team go for two, which they converted. Final score, 23-17.
Doug Pederson owes the fan he cost $500,000 a muffin basket or two this Christmas
You’ve got to feel bad for this gambler, but at the same time, if they have $500,000 lying around to throw on bets, something tells us they’re not too devastated in how things went down. At the same time, talk about a brutal bad beat. Everything was in the random bettor’s favor, with Seattle up 23-9 late. Who in the world thought Pederson would go for the two-point conversion?
What’s the point of going down six instead of seven at that point? Alas, the Eagles decided to go for two and it cost everyone who had Seattle at -6.5 big time. Of course, no one probably felt worse about the turn events than our friend who lost the $500,000.
We only hope they also aren’t an Eagles fan. If that’s the case, they’re probably not doing so well at work on Tuesday morning, that’s for sure.