For those who love betting, here is a story that is likely to get people talking. Reported this week by Hugo Decrypts, an American bettor would have bet 26 dollars on the names of 7 future winners of sports competitions last year. Great, so what? Well, the guy in question is already good on 6 of them, including the Golden State Warriors, NBA champions in 2022. He therefore only needs one more to hit the jackpot: $550,000.
There are those who like daily bets, and there are those who like one-year bets.
By reminding our kind community not to (hashtag) do the boloss, it is clear that there are soothsayers on this planet. And when we come across them, bet or not, well, we like to applaud them. It was therefore a few months ago that an American, whose identity we do not know so far, tried a crazy bet: to give the winner of 7 different sports competitions. From football to basketball to baseball, a wad of cash ($26) was dropped off saying, why not hey?
And in the lot, as you can see below: the Golden State Warriors NBA champions in 2022, which was validated last June.
So here we are today a few steps away, or a few kicks in this case, from a crazy story.
And why this ?
Because the magician in question predicted the French football team champion of the 2023 World Cup.
We are going to stay very wisely in our sport and not put our crampons on this ground, but we must admit that it is very scary a few weeks before this competition since a human being from this planet is potentially about to announce 1 year of sports results in advance.
Here are, in detail, the 7 competitions on which he bet:
- NBA : Golden State Warriors champions 2022 (valid)
- NCAA : Kansas Jayhawks champions 2022 (valid)
- NHL: Colorado Avalanche winners of the 2022 Stanley Cup (valid)
- Premier League: Manchester City win 2022 (valid)
- Serie A: AC Milan winner 2022 (valid)
- MLS: Los Angeles FC winner 2022 (valid)
- FIFA : France team winner 2022 (?)
Winners in 2018, the Blues will obviously be among the big contenders for the final victory in Qatar, but the latest results and the long list of injured do not really reassure less than two weeks before the first group match against Australia. Note that the list of players selected for the competition will also be unveiled this evening, at 8 p.m. on TF1. If Antoine Griezmann and company will try to add a third star to the shirt, someone is likely to watch the results of Didier Deschamps’ men carefully. Inevitably, there is a jackpot to find.
As for the Warriors? Well, you had to have some in the wheelbarrow to announce a year ago that they would be champions. With all due respect to Stephen Curry and his gang, the uncertainties were enormous around Klay Thompson, and the contributions of Gary Payton II or Otto Porter Jr were yet to be determined, not to mention the emergence of Jordan. Poole. A hell of a bet already on its own, but then in a package of 7 predictions we are reaching the top.
26 dollars bet on seven winners of sports competitions, 550,000 to recover, the jackpot is at the fingertips for this mysterious bettor. Will the French team bring this dream to life in the coming weeks?
Text source: Hugo Décrypte
