SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – “You bet on us, so we placed a bet for you,” said the favors at the September 2023 wedding of locals Matt and Jessica Grime at the 4H Camp in Stateline.
What was that bet you ask?
The Grimes purchased 180 $2 tickets at the Harveys Lake Tahoe sportsbook for the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl. They made the bets on June 7, so each $2 bet would pay out $17 extra, for a total of $19, with the +850 money line it came with should the 49ers win on Sunday.
When Matt and Jessica were planning their wedding they were thinking of something to do as a wedding favor. Being South Shore locals, betting came to mind, and with both being ’49er faithful’ it seemed like the perfect favor.
“Everyone at the wedding was super stoked,” said Jessica. Even family members from Michigan were at the wedding, and after their Lions lost, they are now into the bet.
One of Matt and Jessica’s first dates was watching the NFC Championship in 2020 between the 49ers and Packers.
Matt is the owner of Fox & Hound Lake Tahoe, and Jessica is the owner of SLT Events. He was born at Barton Hospital in South Lake Tahoe and raised in Zephyr Cove, while Jessica was raised in the heart of 49er territory in Pacifica. She moved to the lake in 2016.
They’ll be watching the big game from the Fox & Hound, of course.
In case interested in your own bet, the current money line is -130 for the 49ers instead of the +850 the Grimes got the tickets for.