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Title: What are the odds?
Post by: rpm on February 05, 2014, 05:56:00 AM: That you would hit with the same bet TWICE!
(http://msn.foxsports.com/content/dam/fsdigital/fscom/Buzzer/Images/2014/02/03/safety-pic.vadapt.955.medium.64.jpg)
New York native Jona Rechnitz won $25,000 on a $500 bet that a safety would be the first score of Super Bowl XLVIII.

The crazy part of this story is that, according to TMZ (http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/03/jona-rechnitz-donating-super-bowl-safety-bet-winnings-charity/), this is the second time Rechnitz has won on this type of prop bet. He hit it in 2012 when the Giants caused an intentional grounding penalty on Tom Brady for two points.
(http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/02/03/0203-ticket-jona-rechnitz-wm-3.jpg)
Title: Re: What are the odds?
Post by: GScholz on February 05, 2014, 07:11:23 AM: 50 to one.
Title: Re: What are the odds?
Post by: rpm on February 05, 2014, 07:18:39 AM: Quote from: GScholz on February 05, 2014, 07:11:23 AM
50 to one.
iswydt, but to hit it twice?
Title: Re: What are the odds?
Post by: GScholz on February 05, 2014, 08:20:33 AM: If you try more than 50 times... ;) Even if he only tired two times the odds of beating 50-1 odds twice in a row is only 2500-1, so someone will do it for every 2500 people who make bets. It's much harder to win the lottery...
Title: Re: What are the odds?
Post by: Rogue9Volt on February 05, 2014, 08:27:15 AM: The poor bum will win nothing else for the rest of his life.. :devil
Title: Re: What are the odds?
Post by: Nypsy on February 05, 2014, 08:38:27 AM: Each try is unique as are the odds
Title: Re: What are the odds?
Post by: Randy1 on February 05, 2014, 09:20:31 AM: What is not said is just how many of these high odds bets does he make and loose. I can cut all four Aces out of a deck of cards every time if given 52 chances.
Title: Re: What are the odds?
Post by: jeep00 on February 05, 2014, 10:08:54 AM: (http://www.soultsretailview.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/the_original_sofa_co_chesterfield_sofa_pitch.jpg)