betting

January 1969, Super Bowl 3 in Miami, the heavily favored NFL’s Baltimore Colts against the underdog from the AFL the New York Jets. Not many of today’s fans remember this but going into Super Bowl 3 the future of the NFL as it now stands was in doubt.

An unidentified-man won a cool $250 K by betting on the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series.  The odds were 999-to-1 for a reason.