$200.00
A little luck and history goes into the bet.
The opportunity presented itself on Sunday afternoon. I had flown to Texas and had gone to a customers house for the game and beverages of choice. Also at the house was a bartender from a local bar frequented by Harley riders, turns out he is also a bookie. So I decided to place a bet.
As for betting 200.00, when I was working at the Budd Company I used to put 200.00 aside for bets in football season. If I lost the 200.00 that was it, no more bets. So I figured since I no longer worked at Budd and had not bet at all I would put the 200.00 on the game.
Needless to say it worked out well, gave the bookie a $20.00 tip.