*Editor’s note: This student asked his name be changed to protect his privacy
Denis Murtagh was ready to take out another student loan and find a full-time summer job to help pay for tuition, off-campus housing and other bills.
Thirty minutes of a football game – and a couple lucky numbers – changed all of that.
Murtagh won $10,000 from betting on Super Bowl boxes with his friends.
“All of my debts were cleared just by sitting on a couch,” Murtagh said.
The Super Bowl is one of the biggest betting days in the country.