This isn’t the sexy gambling story you’ve heard from Mattress Mac, Floyd Mayweather, Billy Walters and more.
But it’s not that much fun.
Justin Rondagin is a recognized low roller and he chose a betting group with the same objectivity as Grandma, who chooses her child’s birthday for the daily lottery draw.
He usually says that each sportsbet is at risk of $ 2 to $ 5.
“If you feel really comfortable in the game, I might throw $ 20 in various bets. I do it for fun. I work 40 hours a week. We invoice Pay, get rid of money for retirement. “
Among his biggest wins was the mistake of mistakenly choosing the University of Kansas football team to beat South Dakota by 1-6 points. He received $ 132.25 in a bold $ 25 venture.
Then imagine the excitement and his conditioned anxiety one step away from winning a four-legged parley for $ 10,539.66 with a free bet.
All he needs now is that his beloved Buffalo Bills win the Super Bowl.
With Nazem Kadori and Colorado Avalanche winning the Stanley Cup, Justin won one from the big payday. (Geoff Burke / USA Today)
Rondagin, 44, Field Services Supervisor at Castle Rock, Colorado, said: Just add it to the list. “
The bill is a Super Bowl betting favorite, but with an implicit probability, the chances of closing a deal are only about 13.3 percent.
It’s still against the odds, but it’s much more likely than when Rondagin first locked down Parley.
Three months ago, Rondagin bet $ 3 for Brad Keselowski to win the Daytona 500. Keselowski finished in 9th place, but BetMGM offered a promotion to give Rondagin a $ 3 credit to bet again.
Rather than looking for something safe that could be a break-even point, Londagin tried to twist the freebies into a break-even point.
Originally from Augusta, Kansas, he chose Kansas Jayhawks to start by winning the NCAA tournament with +1400 odds. Kansas was ranked fifth in the country at the time. After his parley was completed, the next two games lost in a TCU that was not ranked as No. 10 Baylor.
However, Kansas broke through the Big 12 tournament and reached the final round with the NCAA Bracket’s No. 1 seed. Kansas made the biggest comeback in NCAA title game history, dropping 16 points in half-time to North Carolina.
Rondagin also chose and won the Golden State Warriors NBA A predictive championship that his 15-year-old son, Grady, made a few weeks ago. The Warriors, seven games behind the Phoenix Suns, offered +425 odds. Two weeks ago, the Warriors finished the Boston Celtics in six games.
“If he hadn’t said the Warriors, I would probably have put it in the Celtics or Sands,” Rondagin said.
Londagins moved from Kansas to the Denver area almost four years ago. Winning the Stanley Cup at Colorado Avalanche was easy.They had NHLAlso carried most of the points and +425 odds.
Avalanche defeated two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.
Only bills are left to cash out at +351321 odds (0.03% implicit probability).
Free $ 3 parlay ticket by Bet MGM from Justin Londagin. He needs a bill to win the Super Bowl to cash in.
“All three teams won with heart and determination,” said Londagin. “That gives me hope. Looking at Bills and Josh Allen, it’s their heart and determination that they’re trying to achieve it.
“I wish. I dream of it.”
But deep-seated pessimism makes it difficult.
Londagin became a Bills fan in the mid-1980s due to romantic circumstances.He needed a team to counter his father’s love for the mysteries of the Oakland Raiders, but the locals NFL The club did not provide joy. They were forced to watch Kansas City Chiefs on TV and they stinked.
But something about the Buffalo Bills that grew up in the Great Plains captured Rondagin’s imagination.The bill wasn’t good either, but the books in the library Chiefs knocked out Bills from Super Bowl I And a missile and Dodge City Community College named Steve Tasker at the Smith Center in Kansas has joined the roster.
“This is the time of the last 30 years, when I started thinking,” OK, this is our year. ” But that never happens, “Rondagin said with a laugh. “And I honestly feel 100% in my heart that they’ll lose on stupid phone calls and stupid plays that wonder” how it happened. ” “
he Perform every painful momentLoss of 4 consecutive Super Bowls, Music City Miracle, Lead the Chiefs with 13 seconds remaining In the fourth quarter.
However, he settled down at a particular moment from 2009, six days before the only match he had ever played in Orchard Park. He bought a ticket for the second week home opener. Bills has begun his season with the New England Patriots on “Monday Night Football”.
It was the same day Rondagin was fired from a job at a local cable company. His wife, Jennifer, was seven months pregnant with her daughter Brooklyn.
“My wife and I ate out and went to see Bills and were distracted,” Rondagin said. “And they will beat Tom Brady and the Patriots!”
Trent Edwards ran back Fred Jackson with a 10-yard touchdown, giving Buffalo a 24-13 lead at 5:03.
Alas, Brady adjusted 11 plays, 81 yards drive in just 3:26 and ended up with an 18 yard touchdown to the tight end Ben Watson. Bills returner Leodis McKelvin failed the subsequent kick-off, and after three plays Brady found Watson again and won.
“Every night …” Rondagin said. “That’s the most noticeable game for me.”
Despite his anxiety, Lombardi allows himself to daydream about the Lombardi Trophy and his handsome interests. Maybe he will buy a cool piece of Bill’s souvenir that he wore in the game.
He was able to hedge Parley when the NFL’s postseason beat some teams, but he said he couldn’t take himself to bet on Bills. He considers cashing out at a potential payoff percentage, but BetMGM does not allow it in promotional bets.
“I hope it happens for all my fans, not just my bet,” Rondagin said.
(Top photo of Dawkins: Rich Burns / USA Today)
