Friday, October 21, 2011

Gettin paid, getting paid





Everyone loves a long shot and if the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series, one man is going to collect on what Vegas considered one of the longest.
The tickets above picked the Cardinals to make the World Series at 500/1 and the Cardinals to win the World Series at 999/1. They were bought for $250 each. The first has already paid $125,000 and if the Cards win, the second will pay $250,000 for a nice, tidy sum of $375,000.
Why did the MGM Grand make the Cardinals such long shots?
The tickets were purchased on September 12. At the time, St. Louis was five games behind the Atlanta Braves in the Wild Card race with 15 to play. It was a foregone conclusion the Braves would lock up the Wild Card. St. Louis would also have to go through some combination of Milwaukee, Philadelphia andArizona if they somehow made the playoffs. - Busted Coverage

In my head this guy already balls considering he made a $500 terrible bet.  I do shit like this too in the $5 to $25 range.  Then again I'm a realist.  A realist with the heart of child and gypsy's soul to boot.  


-Les Anderson 

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