“This is a good example of a prop that legit sportsbooks wouldn’t touch, as bettors could impact the outcome,” a BetMGM spokesperson told TheLines.īovada told TheLines on Wednesday that users who placed a ‘No’ bet on this market would get a refund, but it did not specifically say if the streaker and his cohorts have or will receive payouts. If that’s true, then it should be a sobering warning to all people who use Bovada and other unregulated sportsbooks in the US. So I sent someone to Las Vegas – Sunday morning, 9 a.m., they landed at 11, and rushed over there and bet it for me with the difference of the money.”Ĭollectively, between all of them, they were allegedly able to bet thousands of dollars on this prop. “So I did as many as I (could) and with the difference – I made a phone call to … I don’t want to say, but a big celebrity in Vegas and we asked him to find someone that would take this prop bet for us. “I immediately started calling every single person I know and asked them to set up an account with Bovada and place this bet for me,” the man told WILD 94.1 in Tampa. In essence, he bet on himself – with a little help from his friends – when he realized there actually was a prop set up for such a thing at unregulated sportsbook, Bovada. The Super Bowl streaker has his story and he’s sticking to it.Ī 31-year-old Florida man who stormed the field, half-nude, at Raymond James Stadium Sunday night said he turned $50,000 into $375,000 via a prop bet regarding “whether or not someone will run onto the field” during the Big Game.

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