Clay Travis, Cousin Sal Buy Saints Super Bowl Future for Record $57K on PropSwap

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  • Clay Travis and Cousin Sal bought a Saints Super Bowl future ticket from PropSwap for $57,500. If New Orleans wins, it'd pay $168,000 in total.
  • It marks the biggest purchase price in PropSwap's history.
  • The original bettor wagered $8,000 on the Saints, so he/she made a hefty profit, even after PropSwap's commission.

A pair of sports betting TV personalities bought a futures ticket on Friday night on PropSwap for $57,500.

Clay Travis and “Cousin Sal,” who both appear on FS1’s “Lock It In,” were the buyers.

The ticket, placed at the South Point in Las Vegas last February, is for an $8,000 bet at 20-1, returning $168,000 total ($160K in profit) if the Saints win the Super Bowl.

JUST IN: This ticket, bought in February for $8,000, was sold on @PropSwap for $57,500 to @ClayTravis & @TheCousinSal of FS1’s “Lock It In.” Returns $168,000 if Saints win Super Bowl. Sale is largest sale in PropSwap history. pic.twitter.com/12ndZt87U2

— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) January 19, 2019

Travis told The Action Network that the futures bet was a major subject on the show this week. There was so much interest that Travis and “Cousin Sal” just decided to buy it, splitting the cost down the middle.

“There is obviously value here,” Travis said, who has liked the Saints since late October. “It’s not insane value, but it was worth doing.”

Cousin Sal, true to character, took a more comical tone in his comments to The Action Network:

"I’m not sure why I did this let alone with Clay Travis, who has sort of become my nemesis. This is like the Joker and Batman going in on a bet as to who would become next Commissioner of Gotham City.”

"The good news is win or lose I’m screwed in terms of my wife and Valentine’s Day. Win and it has to be a big gift. Lose and I take a loan out and it still has to be a big gift.”

.@ClayTravis and @TheCousinSal now have 168 reasons to root for New Orleans… pic.twitter.com/v2FBtAQrtA

— Lock It In (@LockItInonFS1) January 18, 2019

Luke Pergande, the PropSwap's co-founder said: “The buyers got the best odds in the world (+192) on the Saints by using PropSwap. New Orleans is +175 to win the Super Bowl, everywhere you look.”

Travis said he has had more potential money on the line for parlays, but this is his largest single bet he has ever made.

“This is our biggest sale in company history,” Pergande said. “We're happy that Cousin Sal and Clay could win the bidding. They've been huge proponents of sports betting in America.”

PropSwap has sold thousands of bets since starting the business in 2015. They take a 10 percent commission on the sales, though Pergande said a lower commission was negotiated because of the size of this purchase.

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— Cousin Sal (@TheCousinSal) January 19, 2019

Travis said he is watching the market for tomorrow to see if there's a chance to middle by betting on the Rams. He also mentioned that they could hedge if the Saints are playing in Super Bowl 53 in Atlanta on Feb. 3.

As for what Travis’ wife thinks, he says she thinks it’s “idiotic.”

Said Travis: "But that’s what she thinks about every decision I’ve made…except choosing her, of course."

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