Chad Millman

And the next day,

When I was introduced, when our panel was introduced, the organizer was wearing her Golden Knights jersey because everyone in Vegas is so enamored with that team.

You guys want to hear a great betting story.

So I'm working on this book, The Number, that's going to come out next year.

And one of the guys I write about in the book is a professional better who had been in Vegas for a long time and went to the Golden Knights first home game in 2017 and was so thrilled with the performance.

The Knights were 2-0 at the time.

They won that game.

They went up early in the first period.

The whole town is getting behind this team.

And the experience was so electric for him that he just started scrolling around in his app looking for, you know, fun Stanley Cup sweats to make.

And the Golden Knights were 300 to one at some sports book.

I forget which one.

And he put down 400 bucks, which was the max he could get down.

And then all of a sudden, the Golden Knights go on this run.

And so now he's got a chance to win 120 grand on a bet when he made when he was half in the bag and was just rooting for the Golden Knights in their home opener as a franchise.

And then everyone in Vegas started offering not to win the title bets.

So he started hedging.

And while he was hedging,

The Caps went down to nothing in the first round of the playoffs, and they were one of the best teams in the NHL.

So their odds to win the Stanley Cup then became 40 to one.