Back in December 2014, I found myself in Las Vegas and after winning hundreds of dollars at craps (really!), I decided to walk over to the sports book to check out some odds. I rarely bet on sports, but I figured I was up, so why not blow some cash. The Mets were 40/1 odds to win the 2015 World Series, and with good reason; they were not particularly good in 2014. But I decided to place a bet anyway — a whole $10. And you all know what happened? The Mets shocked everyone by making the Series, but they came up three wins short of the championship, thus denying me the chance to make some easy money (really, I was the real victim of the World Series loss).