Letting it Roll.... · PACKERSHOME

Pack93z
Select Member Topic Starter

7 years ago

Would be hard to walk away from 28k.... but it is a journey for sure. Pretty cool stuff.

http://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/18490085/bettors-300-ticket-green-bay-packers-worth-28000

Before Thanksgiving, Brian Yankelevitz and Russ Axelrod decided to pick an NFL team that needed to win out to make the playoffs. They placed an initial $300 bet on this team, and the plan was to roll the winnings into another bet every week until it won the Super Bowl.

They chose the Green Bay Packers.

Sunday, the Packers won their eighth consecutive game, upsetting the Dallas Cowboys. Yankelevitz and Axelrod's initial $300 investment is now worth $28,213.60.

Even after turning $300 into nearly $30,000, they are sticking with their original plan. Less than an hour after the Packers defeated the Cowboys, Axelrod walked into the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, cashed the winning ticket vs. Dallas and placed the entire amount -- $28,213.60 -- on the Packers to beat the Falcons in the NFC title game Sunday.

"The oranges are dry; the apples are mealy; and the papayas... I don't know what's going on with the papayas!"

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PackFanWithTwins
Veteran Member

7 years ago

I'd have to take my original $300 out just to be safe.

The world needs ditch diggers too Danny!!!

sschind
Senior Member

7 years ago

I'd have to take my original $300 out just to be safe.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins

That would have angered the gambling Gods and the Packers would lose. You don't mess with the gambling Gods. They take stuff like "just to be safe" very seriously and they do not look too kindly on it.

wpr
Preferred Member

7 years ago

I'd have to take my original $300 out just to be safe.

Originally Posted by: PackFanWithTwins

They are gamblers. $300 means nothing to them. They consider that the cost of entertainment. I wouldn't have put down the $100 or $200 to begin with so I don't have anything to pick up now and I am fine with that.

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