When a diehard sports fan says they’d do anything for their team, they usually don’t mean it quite so literally.
One Seattle Seahawks superfan is about to find out if his loyalty will pay off or leave him completely broke. Some people in the comment section are pointing out that the bet he’s taking isn’t even worth it.
Seahawks Fan Bet Life Savings On Super Bowl
In a viral video with more than 4.1 million views, content creator Jason Reed (@doykdela) revealed he’s placed his entire life savings—$33,000—on the Seattle Seahawks winning the Super Bowl.
Judging by how much he’s sweating in the clip, his body seems to be telling him this might not be the right move.
“I am putting $33,000, which is every single dime that I have saved, on the Seattle Seahawks winning the Super Bowl,” Reed says. “And before you even try to talk me out of it, I’ve already made the slip.”
Reed admits he’s been “profusely sweating since last night” when he placed the bet, constantly dabbing at his face throughout the video. One viewer perfectly summed up what everyone was thinking: “Your body is rejecting your choices.”
‘Not A Skit’
But Reed insists there’s logic behind his life-altering wager. Sort of.
“This all started with the fact that I’ve been a lifelong Seahawks fan since I was like 6 years old, 7 years old,” he explains. “I genuinely used to pray for times like this, and I wished for it, and I always told myself if the Seahawks go to the bowl when I got any type of money, I am going to that game.”
Unfortunately, “unforeseen circumstances” prevented him from actually attending. So he found another way to feel connected to the team.
“How can I feel like I’m there? How can I feel like I’m a part of the team, padding up, and like I’m on the field?” Reed says. That’s when he checked the odds and saw the Seahawks as “overwhelming favorites.”
Reed says he’s been watching film “like a coach,” analyzing every Seahawks and Patriots game. He points out that in the last six years, every Super Bowl favorite won except one, and even that exception (Rams vs. Bengals) saw the favored team win anyway.
“History backs me up. I backed me up,” he says.
“I genuinely think we could win. We have to win. Because if I lose this money, I’m broke.”
In an email to BroBible, Reed insisted his video was not a skit. He said, “I did make the bet, this is not a skit at all i don’t know why people are saying that, and if I lose I don’t know I haven’t thought that far I 100% believe we’re winning.”
The Rise Of Sports Betting
Sports betting has exploded from a Nevada activity to a nationwide phenomenon in less than a decade, and it’s reshaping how Americans watch the game.
Before 2018, legal sports betting was limited to Nevada, which meant illegal betting markets thrived everywhere else. Then the Supreme Court ruled in Murphy vs. NCAA that the federal government couldn’t bar states from creating their own sports betting rules, CBS19News reported. States jumped at the chance to legalize, regulate, and tax this new revenue stream.
Today, more than 30 states and Washington, D.C., allow some form of legal sports betting, including mobile apps and online wagering. The American Gaming Association expects 67 million Americans will wager on this year’s Super Bowl alone, spending roughly $1.76 billion. That’s a 27% year-over-year increase and a record number.
The global sports gambling market was valued at $102 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $265.5 billion by 2034, according to research from the University of Northern Colorado. As of December 2025, 38 states, Puerto Rico, and D.C. had legalized sports betting.
What’s changing isn’t that people like to gamble; it’s that betting apps are so easy. You can place a wager in seconds and adjust it mid-game as algorithms update odds in real time. Sports betting has become so mainstream that a January 2026 report from Ipsos found the share of Americans who placed a bet on a live sporting event doubled since 2022.
It’s Not Just About The Game Anymore
While Reed is betting on the Seahawks to win outright, the Super Bowl has become a free-for-all for bettors willing to wager on just about anything, even things that have nothing to do with football.
According to CBS19News, popular sports betting apps and prediction markets are offering some strange novelty bets this year:
- The first song in Bad Bunny’s halftime set and what he’ll wear during it
- If a player or coach will cry during the National Anthem, and the total length of the last “brave” note held during the song
- Temperature at kickoff in Santa Clara, California
- Color of the first Gatorade dumped on the winning head coach and the positions of the players who pour it
- The number of times Cardi B will appear on the broadcast, and if Stefon Diggs will propose to her after the game
Who will be in attendance: Kim Kardashian, Timothée Chalamet, or Drake - Who the MVP winner will thank at the podium (God sits at number one, followed by teammates)
These wagers aren’t just limited to traditional gambling apps. Prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket have also jumped into the Super Bowl action, generating millions in trading volume on yes-or-no contracts for everything from game outcomes to celebrity sightings.
As of early February, Kalshi reported more than $161 million in trading volume on its Super Bowl contracts alone.
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Commenters React
“I put $50,000 on the Patriots. Its me or you homie, and I guarantee the loss won’t be me,” a top comment read.
“33k for only 49k is NOT worth it brother,” a person said.
“10k profit in exchange for possible bankruptcy,” another wrote.
“Now THIS is a gambling problem,” a commenter wrote.
BroBible reached out to Reed for comment via email and Instagram direct message.