Despite lucrative offers from former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant and others, a man who bet $1,500 on Texas Tech to win the 2019 NCAA men's national basketball championship is letting it ride.
The bettor, who asked not to be identified, placed his wager on the Red Raiders in November at 200-1 odds for a payout of $300,000, according to ESPN's Ben Fawkes. He apparently received a $50,000 offer from Bryant and another for $125,000 from the secondary marketplace PropSwap, but he turned them down.
My 50k got turned down https://t.co/95GUnMRRgH
— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) April 5, 2019
"I liked the long odds on Texas Tech at 200-1," the bettor told Fawkes. "I had bets on them last year at 250-1, and even though they fell short in the Elite Eight, they returned a lot of the same guys and the same coach."
The man who holds this $1,500 bet on Texas Tech to win $300,000 got offers to sell this on @PropSwap today for up to $125,000. He passed. No idea on his hedge strategy, but told he does have a position on Virginia. pic.twitter.com/XOl9Ey6RAP
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) April 8, 2019
