Bettor Lost $1.4 Million On Dumb Bet After Choke By Chargers

Bettor Lost $1.4 Million On Ridiculously Dumb Bet After Epic Choke By The Chargers (PIC)

JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – JANUARY 14: K’Lavon Chaisson #45 of the Jacksonville Jaguars pressures Justin Herbert #10 of the Los Angeles Chargers during the second half of the game in the AFC Wild Card playoff game at TIAA Bank Field on January 14, 2023 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images)

It was a terrible time to be a Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday. The Los Angeles Chargers’ collapse against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday evening will go down as one of the biggest of all time. I

When the Chargers took a 27-0 lead late in the second quarter, a sports bettor thought he could make a quick $11K by placing a $1.4 million bet at DraftKings Sportsbook on them to win the game. The in-game moneyline bet would have netted the person $11,200.

As we all saw, the Chargers took their foot off the pedal and choked the lead away in the final seconds of the fourth quarter. the bettor lost $1.4 million and has to be the sickest man on Earth.

When the Chargers went up 27-0, a bettor bet $1.4 million on them to win the game to net $11,200.

Jacksonville came back and won 31-30.@DKSportsbook has confirmed that this bet was indeed made. pic.twitter.com/TvwCNyEjyr
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 15, 2023

The bettor must have felt that it was a foregone conclusion given the massive deficit and how lost Trevor Lawrence tossed four interceptions during the game. The Jaguars completely flipped the script on the Chargers in the second half as everything went there way.

The bettor had a chance to at least survive into overtime, if not for the Jaguars decision to go for two after their touchdown. That only happened because Joey Bosa slammed his helmet and got a penalty that made that play possible.