Masters 2019: Bettor pockets over $1 million if Tiger Woods wins Masters

Masters 2019: Bettor pockets over $1 million if Tiger Woods wins Masters image

An unidentified gambler in Las Vegas will pocket nearly $1.2 million if Tiger Woods wins the Masters for the first time since 2005, according to Golf Digest.

"William Hill, the London-based casino conglomerate that operates 115 sports books in Nevada and others in states across the country, accepted a $85,000 bet on Tiger Woods to win the Masters at 14-1 from a customer in one of its Nevada books on Tuesday afternoon. We’ll save you the math: The payout would be $1,190,000, which now accounts for the largest liability on a single wager in William Hill’s U.S. history.

When reached out on the phone on Tuesday evening, William Hill’s Director of Trading Nick Bogdanovich said he thought the bettor—whom was likely a first-time customer at the book—had likely made a mistake when entering the wager.

“I thought it was probably an $85 or $8,500 bet,” Bogdanovich said. “But they were for real.”

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Will Woods win the 2019 Masters? We'll have to wait and see.

The buzz is certainly building around the golfer.

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