Sometimes dreams really do come true.
And for this sports bettor, they can be profitable as well.
A college football gambler named Zach, who goes by the handle @zkboomstick11 on X, dropped 35 cents on the exact score of New Year’s Day’s college football semifinal matchup between Washington and Texas, betting that the game would finish 37-31 Huskies.
Incredibly, Zach nailed it, somehow avoiding blowing up his FanDuel account.
“Literally had 35 cents left in the account and had a dream about the game last night and that was the score lmaooo,” Zach wrote on X.
At +29000, the bet won him $101.85.
The wager, of course, had to go perfectly for payout.
At halftime, the bet looked like it could be dead with the teams tied at 21-21.
But a relatively low-scoring second half kept Zach’s hopes alive.
Down 37-31 with 15 seconds to go, Texas had four plays to win the game and destroy Zach’s big bet.
But after one completion for a loss and three incomplete passes, Washington prevailed, holding the score and cashing in what will likely be one of the luckiest exact score bets of 2024.
Betting on College Football?
There is a lot that can go wrong with exact score bets, but the money can be massive if they hit.
During the 2023 men’s basketball national title game, another FanDuel bettor wagered $5 to win $1,800 on Connecticut to score 76 and San Diego State 59.
The odds for that bet sat at a whopping 360/1.
