#38   There are 16 weeks in a football season.  The first 8 weeks you bet $5 a game and you pick 6 games to bet on a week.  The second half of the season is the same thing but you bet $10 a game instead of $5.  If you win every bet for all 16 weeks, how much money do you win?

Fascinating fact:  Of a college player becoming a pro football player: 3,000 to 1

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