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Eagles' comeback over Colts costs bettor $100,000 payday

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:53 p.m. ET

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So, did the Eagles' big comeback win over the Colts on Monday night cost you your fantasy matchup this past weekend?

Kill you in your picks pool? Cost you that last-ditch cover on the weekend?

Well save your sob story. This poor gambler has you beat.

According to multiple reports, a Delaware bettor missed out on a $100,000 payday when Philadelphia came back from a 14-point, second-half deficit to beat the Colts 30-27 on a field goal on the game's final play.

The chance at the big score was part of the state-run weekly Delaware Sports Lottery' $100,000 Parlay Card. According to the lottery's website, players "wager $5 and select 15 games against the point spread. If a player correctly picks 15 out of 15 games, he wins $100,000."

"Honestly, we were rooting for the guy, starting with Sunday night's game," Delaware Lottery director Vernon Kirk told ESPN. "Our risk manager told us Sunday night that only one person had hit 14 games and needed the Bears and Colts.

"It definitely looked like Delaware had a winner when the Colts were up 14 midway through the third quarter. Then to have the Eagles rally like that -- and to win in the last three seconds of the game -- it was agonizing to watch when you knew one player was so close to such a big payout."

To win the game, the bettor needed the Colts to win by at least a field goal.

According to ESPN, the last time a bettor hit the parlay was in 2011. The lottery puts the odds of going 15 for 15 at about 32,000-to-1.

Newsworks.com said 4,500 such $5 parlay cards were played in the lottery for Week 2. And the state's finance director told the site the $100,000 Parlay Card is one of the most popular wagers among the state's legalized sports bets.

"With so many people only a game or two away so often, we’re pretty sure someone is going to win the $100,000 again soon. It’s just a matter of who and when," Tom Cook told Newsworks.

According to Newsworks, the state took nearly 1.3 million wagers during the 2013 NFL season, resulting in $13 million wagered and a $900,000 commission for retailers.

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