When I wake up in the morning, a name pops into my head and I make that bet.'Īs it turns out, Madd's premonition didn't pan out. 'I woke up this morning and I was like, Noel Acciari is going to score the first goal.
'I bet $25 dollars and it's a $650 payout. On this night in early May, as the Toronto Maple Leafs faced off against the Florida Panthers in an NHL playoff game, his money was on Leafs forward Noel Acciari. One of his favourite bets: guessing which player will score first.
Like thousands of other Canadians, the twenty-something Toronto sports fan has the betting bug and finds himself making a series of bets almost every night. Call it a hunch or feeling, it was a wager he felt he had to make. Wayne Madd woke up with a name on his mind.
