The Chicago Bears were one of the biggest surprise stories of the 2025-26 NFL season, cruising over their preseason win total of 8.5 and earning the NFC North division title and No. 2 seed in the NFC with an 11-6 record.<\/p>\n
Earlier in the season, after an impressive 24-15 victory<\/a> over the Philadelphia Eagles on Black Friday in late November, one bettor placed a large wager on Chicago to win its first Super Bowl since the 1985 season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n After that win, a bettor at BetMGM<\/a> in Illinois wagered $50,000 on the Bears at 66-1 odds to win Super Bowl LX. The bet would’ve won $3.3 million, and was the largest reported Super Bowl futures bet<\/a> by total liability at any legal sportsbook in the United States. BetMGM moved Chicago’s Super Bowl odds as a result of the wager.<\/p>\n The bet already had survived the Bears trailing 21-3 at halftime in the wild-card round against the Packers \u2014 after Green Bay scored a touchdown on each of its first three possessions \u2014 before coming all the way back for a wild 31-27 victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ticket was hanging by a thread again Sunday night in the NFC divisional round game against the Los Angeles Rams, as the Bears trailed 17-10 late in the fourth quarter. But on a fourth-and-10, Caleb Williams drifted backward and heaved the ball toward the end zone for a miraculous touchdown to force the game into overtime<\/a>.<\/p>\n Williams was leading Chicago downfield before throwing an untimely interception. Matthew Stafford calmly led the Rams down the field and kicker Harrison Mevis nailed a 42-yard game-winning field goal to give Los Angeles a 20-17 win<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n