The Super Bowl Streaker: A Gamble Like No Other
In 2021, as anticipation built for Super Bowl LV, one man from Las Vegas was plotting a gamble unlike anything seen before. With nerves of steel and an eye for opportunity, he placed a daring $50,000 bet that someone would streak across the field during the big game—a wild wager that most would consider pure chance.
But this gambler wasn’t content to leave his fortune up to fate. Determined to tip the odds in his favor, he decided to become the streaker himself. As millions watched the game unfold, he slipped past security, dashed onto the field, and made headlines with his outrageous stunt. The spectacle lasted only moments before he was tackled by security and arrested, earning him a $1,000 fine for his trouble.
Yet the risk paid off spectacularly. Reports suggest that his bold move resulted in a staggering $374,000 payout, turning what could have been an embarrassing blunder into a profitable financial play. His brief dash across the turf became the talk of the nation—not just for its audacity, but for the sheer ingenuity behind the bet.
In the end, the Las Vegas man proved that sometimes, fortune really does favor the bold. By taking matters into his own hands, he transformed a fleeting moment of chaos into a legendary—and lucrative—Super Bowl memory.
Super Bowl streaker says he bet $50,000 on his stunt, but his plan fell apart because he couldn’t keep his mouth shut
Yuri Andrade. AP Photo/Steve Luciano
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Super Bowl streaker Yuri Andrade made a splash Sunday at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
After his streaking stunt, Andrade said he had bet $50,000 that a streaker would take the field.
Now it looks as though Andrade won’t be cashing in on his bets because he keeps talking about it.
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With just over five minutes remaining in Super Bowl LV, a fan ran onto the field, briefly disrupting the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ march to victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
Later identified as Yuri Andrade, the fan had a pretty successful run as far as streakers go. He made it onto the field, got some photos taken of himself in a hot-pink one-piece emblazoned with the name of an adult website, and evaded security long enough to interrupt the game. He even got a fantastic call from the legendary play-by-play man Kevin Harlan, who was broadcasting the game over the radio.
But after his stunt, reports began coming out that Andrade’s run had been even more successful than initially thought. Andrade had not only made it onto the field but also claimed to have done so after placing a $50,000 wager that the Super Bowl would have a streaker, which would bring in $374,000 in winnings.
Andrade’s claim immediately raised eyebrows in the betting community. Patrick Everson of Covers said on Twitter that offshore sportsbooks likely would have had limits in place to prevent such a bet from being made.
Todd Fuhrman of the “Bet the Board” podcast also had questions about Andrade’s wager, as he had initially told TMZ Sports that he sent someone to Las Vegas to make the wager. Since placing bets on off-field events isn’t allowed at Vegas sportsbooks, the story immediately seemed phony.
But despite initial suspicions, it appears that there was some truth to Andrade’s claim, though he still won’t be cashing in on his run.
Andrade told a Tampa radio station that he had gotten friends to place wagers from different accounts on the gambling site Bovada. They bet that there would be a fan on the field at +750 odds. With several smaller wagers rather than one big $50,000, it’s more conceivable that Andrade could have gotten a healthy wager down on his run.
According to a report from A.J. Perez at Front Office Sports, Bovada was working to identify accounts that knew of Andrade’s planned stunt.
“Our players have always trusted us to ensure the integrity of all props offered in our sportsbook,” a Bovada spokesman told Perez. “We will continue to make sure that any publicity stunts or ill-intended behavior cannot adversely affect the outcome of a player’s wager.”
According to Perez, Bovada is refunding those that wagered there would not be a fan on the field during the game and paying out winning bets for accounts that were not linked to early knowledge of Andrade’s plan. Perez wrote that one bettor who said he had no prior knowledge of the stunt had already had his account shut down by Bovada.
Ultimately, it looks as though Andrade’s plan to bet on himself won’t end up in the big payday that he had hoped for, but it appears he came closer to success than many initially suspected.
