St. Louis Blues bettor turns $400 Stanley Cup ticket into extremely unlikely, six-figure payday

(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)Alex Pietrangelo of the St. Louis Blues celebrates with the Stanley Cup after defeating the Boston Bruins in Game Seven to win the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup final.It's tough to imagine a happier fan base than the St. Louis Blues bunch, after the Blues hoisted the Stanley Cup for the first time in team history, defeating the Boston Bruins, 4-1, on Wednesday evening. One Blues fan, though, Scott Berry, will be celebrating a little harder than most, knowing he'll be cashing on a legendary ticket that has garnered him a ton of publicity amid gambling circles over the past couple of months.
As seen below in a tweet from the Action Network's Darren Rovell, Berry, an avid Blues fan, placed a $400 wager at a Vegas casino in January on the Blues to win the Stanley Cup. The Blues were in last place when he placed the bet, sitting at 250-1 odds. Berry had faith in his squad, and kept it throughout the playoffs—refusing a myriad of offers from the sit..

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