Talk about your money to burn: Prior to Super Bowl LV (Tampa Bay Buccaneers +3 vs Kansas City Chiefs), two betters at William Hill sportsbook put $100 on the proposition bet “Buccaneers to score exactly 4 points” and another threw $100 at “Chiefs to score exactly 4 points.” Both bets had odds of 9,999/1 and so would have paid essentially $1 million.
However, the serious bettor will note that this bet is not even worth the minimum of risk. Exactly one NFL game has ever ended with one team’s score at 4: In week 9 of the 1923 season, the Chicago Cardinals beat the Racine Legion, 10-4. Considering that between from 1920 through 2017, a total of 14,640 regular-season games alone have been played…