Don’t Hate Yourself, But Placing A Bet On These Wagers Would Have Made You Significantly Richer

Holm Shocks The World

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When Ronda Rousey was tearing up the UFC circuit, knocking people out in less than a minute, anybody who faced her was an enormous underdog. When Holly Holm was her next opponent, Rousey was at -2000 odds of winning. “You would win a measly five dollars if you bet $100 on Rousey to win,” Nick Schwartz of USA Today wrote.

Knowing that it made no sense to bet on Rousey, the smart move would have been to spend a little on Holm. Because as Schwartz said, “it’s actually more worth your while to place a small bet on Holm (currently +900), as a $10 bet could make you 90 bucks.” Look what Holm did.