June 13, 2011

Man Bet Federer Would Win Wimbledon 7 Times: The good news? If Roger Federer wins a seventh Wimbledon title, the $2,336 bet you made in 2003 will pay you $156,000. The bad news? You died in 2009. Nick Newlife of Oxford, arranged in his will for the bet to be paid to the charity Oxfam.

posted by rcade to tennis at 12:08 PM - 8 comments

The bad news? You died in 2009.

The good news? You died before you could bet on LeBron James winning 7 NBA titles.

Why burden your beneficiaries with unwanted debt?

posted by beaverboard at 03:19 PM on June 13, 2011

That's pretty impressive that he knew Federer would be that good. However, my bet today (if I was a gambler) would be that Federer doesn't do it.

posted by bperk at 03:33 PM on June 13, 2011

I'd take that bet, but I live in Oxford and don't want to tempt fate.

posted by JJ at 05:43 PM on June 13, 2011

So who's going to beat him? Joker?

posted by lil_brown_bat at 09:04 PM on June 13, 2011

I just emailed that link to all my Oxfam friends, mainly because I wanted to see a group of humanitarian workers all turn on Rafael Nadal.

posted by owlhouse at 09:05 PM on June 13, 2011

So who's going to beat him?

Nadal? Again?

posted by jmd82 at 09:18 PM on June 13, 2011

I'd take that bet, but I live in Oxford and don't want to tempt fate.

I also presume you're not going to give bperk odds of 66-1.

posted by owlhouse at 10:46 PM on June 13, 2011

Oh I don't know - not everyone in Oxford is intelligent you know...

posted by JJ at 04:52 AM on June 14, 2011

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