On Feb. 12, one day before Super Bowl LVI, a Super Bowl in which Tom Brady would not be playing in, a bettor walked up to the window at Caesars in Atlantic City and placed a bet for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to win the Super Bowl in 2023 at 29/1.
The $10,000 bet would pay $290,000.
It was a bet that Tom Brady, amidst so much speculation, would not retire.
Well, on February 1st he did, thus killing the bet.
On March 13, just 39 days later, Brady unretired, and the bet, all-of-a-sudden, became an ingenious one.
The bettor currently had the bet available to buy for $32,000.
Via PropSwap
The bet was certainly a real bettor's type bet, and it doesn't appear like many people had much faith.
Before Sunday's news of Brady returning, only one percent of Super Bowl tickets were on the Bucs at 25/1 at BetMGM. The sportsbook also had only one percent of all MVP tickets on Brady.
In the last hour Tom Brady has received 64% of the MVP bets placed on FanDuel. Russell Wilson, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen are still the most bet on.
Darren is a Senior Executive Producer at The Action Network, covering all angles of the sports betting world. He spent two stints at ESPN, from 2000-06 and 2012-18, he regularly wrote for ESPN.com and contributed to ESPN shows, including SportsCenter and Outside The Lines. He also served as a business correspondent for ABC News, where he made appearances on the network’s flagship shows, including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight” and “Nightline.” While at CNBC from 2006-2012, Rovell anchored five primetime documentaries, including “Swoosh! Inside Nike,” which was nominated for an Emmy. Rovell also contributed to NBC News, where he earned an Emmy as a correspondent for the network’s Presidential Election coverage.
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