If the buzz around local sports books is true, boxing champ Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. bet $1 million that Tim Tebow didn’t have a prayer against Tom Brady. Â Read more after the jump.
Reached for comment Wednesday, Mike Colbert, Cantor Gaming sports book director at M Resort, wouldn’t confirm or deny the rumblings. Colbert said he wasn’t allowed to comment on who bets what but acknowledged Mayweather is “a valued customer who frequents the books quite often.”
Mayweather often posts photos of winning six-figure betting slips on his Twitter feed. He reportedly has members of his entourage — known as the “Money Team” — make the bets. That’s only illegal if the person making the bet is being paid and lies about making the bet on someone’s behalf.
Brady’s New England Patriots overpowered Tebow’s Denver Broncos 41-23 earlier this month, ending a six-game winning streak engineered by the former Heisman Trophy winner from Florida.
It wouldn’t be the first $1 million sports wager at M Resort. Adam Meyer, a sports gambler from South Florida, was approved for a $1 million Super Bowl bet at M Resort in February 2010. Meyer’s wager on the Indianapolis Colts was reportedly part of a TV reality show. New Orleans won 31-17.
Mayweather, who was sentenced last week to 90 days in jail on domestic violence charges, tweeted a photo on Monday that showed him with former President George W. Bush and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones in Jones’ suite at Cowboys Stadium.
Mayweather is scheduled to report to jail Jan. 6.
