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Two that come to mind (wish I could just block them out, lol)...
4/6 Pick 6 at Meadlowlands. First 4 horses finished first, 5th horse finished 2nd, 6th horse finished second. If 5 horses would've finished first, roughly $5,000-$6,000. If 6 horses would've finished first, roughly $100,000. It was Hambletonian maybe 4-5 years back. I remember this bald guy with a mustache, was ready to get the state troopers, if the 5th race hit. If you've ever been to the track, you know who i'm talking about. Great guy, normally there every day, screaming and yelling downstairs, all the way to the left walking towards going outside. He was friends with a buddy of mine that I went there with, that's how we got to talking.
The best though, was when I first started gambling. My friend and I opened 2 accts on BetOnSports(i think? were they around then?). So, we both built up a lot of money in a short time, and like morons decided to blow some. It was week 16 or 17 I think, so the season was over anyways, and we both took a 10 team parlay for $500 a piece. I said we were morons! lol. Anyways, he finished with like 3/10. And I had 9/10 going into the Monday night game. I had all my friends over, drinkin beers, cookin hamburgers/hotdogs in the cold weather, just hanging out, having a good time. Which in turn was a bad idea, because they all saw me almost have a brain aneurysm.
I wanna say the game was the Jets @ Dolphins in december of either 1999 or 2000. Dolphins should've easily covered since they were going for the playoff spot, and the Jets were already out of contention. Lucas I think got the start for the Jets. But anyways, the score was 31-31 going into OT. I had the Dolphins, and I wanna say I had the spread at 4.5 or 5.5, either way, it was under 7 but over 3, a FG wouldn't do. A little nervous in OT, but lucky me, they were driving down field for the TD, and only a few yards from the Jets endzone! The game was a lock in my head with Marino in there! All the sudden INT! 90+ yard interception for a td? Not very likely I thought. When it happened I put my head in my hands though cause I couldn't watch, I was about to puke, and all I can remember is hearing my friends go..."He's at the 20, the 30, hahaha stiffarmed Marino, the 40, the 50, the 40, one defender to beat, oh shit, oh shit, dude hes gone, touchdown!" I wanted to kill myself that day. Knowing what I do now, BetOnSports probably would've stiffed me anyways, or made up some bs that the limit was wayy lower than the wager.(which it probably was) Because a 10 teamer is roughly 300/1. And at $500, that would be $150,000.
So yeah, thanks for bringing back good memories. lol.
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