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Professional Gambler made 4.5 million bet on Saints to beat Colts in the 2010 Super Bowl.

Posted on 2/29/24 at 11:57 am
Posted by Tiger Khan
Member since Oct 2009
2363 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 11:57 am
Some of you may be familiar with the story:

Listening to a new Rogan podcast guest -- guy named Billy Walters; a very successful, professional gambler was explaining how he makes bets based on the LINE and the closer his analysis is to the LINE, the least likely he is to make a bet. In the case of the Saints Vs Colts, he explained that the line was 7 and his analysis was at a pick em -- he was so confused at the LINE that he did the analysis several times and then proceeded to realize the LINES were way off and made the biggest bet of his career. And of course, won!

Many of us knew that the Saints were unbeatable when Porter, Greer and Sharper were healthy -- especially at the CB position -- a simple analysis would show a substantial decrease in QBR for opposing QBs when faced with that Backfield -- You'd have to imagine a guy like Walters had many more variables considered to make his analysis and take advantage of a historically bad LINE.

Really interesting podcast and worth the listen. He talks about the Saints/Colts at 33.33 and gets off topic for a few minutes then comes back to finish the story.

#2107 - Billy Walters -- Joe Rogan Experience
This post was edited on 2/29/24 at 12:06 pm
Posted by htran90
BC
Member since Dec 2012
30089 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 12:06 pm to
Greer was so underrated.
Posted by AD23
Lab
Member since Jun 2012
561 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 12:09 pm to
that 2009 defense was so fun to watch. so many turnovers in so many timely moments.
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
16410 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 12:26 pm to
Yep listened to it yesterday on road. He’s an interesting guy that sounds like got a good fuking from the feds.
Posted by goatmilker
Castle Anthrax
Member since Feb 2009
64209 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 1:03 pm to
Sharper had by far the Saints greatest year at safety and one of the best of all time. In most games that year it was like he read the playbook of the opposing team and knew their offence better than they did. And Greer, writer and team poet. Too short of a stay with us.
Posted by Akit1
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2006
7600 posts
Posted on 2/29/24 at 9:58 pm to
That Colts team was undefeated 16-0 when playing starters. Lost 2 games when they opted to bench starters.

Just putting into context how big rallying from a 10-0 deficit was, and finishing the game on a 31-7 run.
Posted by Sunnyvale
Member since Feb 2024
16 posts
Posted on 3/2/24 at 10:25 am to
Colts were without Bob Sanders that year too.

Posted by Tic44
Neville
Member since May 2015
1581 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 6:56 am to
This guy has faith in himself to take what the bookies say and then trust his own logic
Posted by MountainDewGF
Member since Sep 2020
575 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 10:22 am to
Anybody that watched the Saints that year knew they were the better team. EZ 4 mill
Posted by GynoSandberg
Member since Jan 2006
71979 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 10:53 am to
Tough listen for the “sports are rigged” folks
Posted by Chalkywhite84
New orleans
Member since Dec 2016
27121 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:26 am to
Jabari Greer is one of my favorite saints ever. And yes he was severely underrated
Posted by LooseCannon22282
Mobile
Member since May 2008
33712 posts
Posted on 3/5/24 at 11:28 am to
I ordered the book Billy Walters recently put out just the other day.
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