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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
I have to be honest, I don't think this was a terrible bet from an opportunity cost aspect.

Hear me out...

First, let me say the bet is dumb if this money represents all or most of the bettor's net worth because this amount would be life changing (negatively in this case) and you just don't risk that. Ever. However if this is a small amount of money for this bettor then it's not a bad wager because of the speed in return and probability of success.

This bettor stood to make a return of 0.8% in about 1.5 hours (time it takes to play about a half of a football game). The probability of winning was extremely high if this wager was placed when the score was 27-0 (which I believe it was based on the odds).

You can say all you want about savings account interest rates returning $11,200 without any risk but it won't take anywhere near 1.5 hours to achieve this return.
gpt
You are totally wrong, the odds for the Jaguars to come back and win the game were higher than 0.8% so just that mathematically makes it a bad bet from an opportunity cost aspect. Honestly its extremely rare you'll ever find one on the sports betting world; the house always has the edge.