However, when Nadal went to collect his money, he was told he was not a winner. 'I hit that and I was obviously pretty excited.' 'I guess everyone is looking for the elusive three game tie, which is statistically pretty hard to get,' he said. 8, he bet on three NHL games and predicted all three would end in a tie.Īt the end of regulation time, the San Jose Sharks and Philadelphia Flyers were tied, as were the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes, and the Washington Capitals and Minnesota Wild. Nadal, who said he considers himself a casual bettor, likes to wager small amounts on long shots.
Sports betting is a billion dollar business and recently the rules were changed to allow single-game sports betting in Canada, but in Ontario that is only online and in store you still have to correctly pick three correct outcomes to win.
'I felt great, I was excited,' Burlington man Marc Nadal told CTV News Toronto. An Ontario man who recently bet $2 on a long shot and thought he won $1,458 by predicting the outcome of three hockey games was shocked when he was told he didn't actually win.