Man Could Win 10k If Panthers Win (Talk about Faith)

[matcom]

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MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. (AP) -- Page Long's faith in the Carolina Panthers could net him $10,000.

Last summer, while visiting Las Vegas, Long's sister-in-law, Lori Hunt placed a $100 bet for him that the Panthers would win the Super Bowl. Before the 2003 season started, the odds that Carolina would become NFL champions came in at 100-to-1.

"It's a sucker bet. You just don't think you're going to win when you make a bet like that," said Long, a gate supervisor for U.S. Airways for 18 years who lives in Mount Holly, just west of Charlotte. "But there's a lot I can do with that money."

Hunt placed her brother-in-law's bet with a sports book at the Luxor Hotel casino. The people who took the money tried to convince her to simply take Long's money and tell him she lost it on the roulette table, she said.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/01/26/faith_in_panthers_could_lead_to_10000_payout/

[GOPisEvil]

1. First mistake was talking about it....

...dude should have kept quiet until after the game.

[DarkPhenyx]

2. What do you mean if?

They have already won, the Pats just don't know it yet. :)

[HawkerHurricane]

3. They're only talking about it because...

3-4 years ago, some fool bet on the Rams before the season began to take it all at like 300-1 and won...
Of course, he kept quiet about it until after the game.

[supernova]

4. A bet like that

deserves to be won! ;-)