The 'Sliding Doors' Bet: If You Could Know the Outcome of One Historic Bet, Which Would You Choose?

[CoachTony_Bets]

Thought experiment: You can know the outcome of ONE bet from your past - not to change it, just to know what would've happened.

Not a bet you placed and want to know if you should've bet more. I mean a bet you DIDN'T place and want closure on what the alternate timeline looks like.

Mine: 2016, I had Michigan to win the national championship queued up at +1200. $500 bet. Finger on the button. Talked myself out of it because "betting on your alma mater is emotional, not rational."

They didn't win it obviously, but I want to know how that season would've FELT if I'd had that ticket. Would I have enjoyed it more? Less? Would it have changed my relationship with Michigan football?

Just want to know.

What's your "sliding doors" bet?

 

[SharpEddie47]

This is a great question Tony.

Mine: 2019, Chiefs to win the Super Bowl at +850 before the season. Had the analysis done, everything pointed to them, Mahomes was elite.

Decided not to bet it because "futures have too much variance."

They won. Would've been $8,500 profit.

But what I want to know isn't the money - I want to know if having that ticket would've made me watch that entire season differently. Would I have enjoyed the journey or been stressed the whole time?

 

[ParlayPrincess_88]

OMG I have one!

Last year I had a 10-leg parlay typed out for like $20. It was INSANE. Random player props, game totals, everything.

Almost hit submit but my friend was like "that'll never hit" so I deleted it.

I looked later - NINE of the ten legs hit. If the last one had hit it would've paid like $18,000.

I want to know if that last leg hit!!! Not to feel bad but just to KNOW!

It haunts me lol