Melbourne part-owner and chairman Matt Tripp has 2.5 million extra reasons for wanting his Storm to defeat Brisbane in the NRL grand final on Sunday night.

That’s the amount of money Tripp’s betting company, Betr , risks paying out to customers if the Broncos win at Accor Stadium and their star fullback, Reece Walsh , collects the Clive Churchill Medal as man of the match.

New customers have snapped up the $4 being offered for the Broncos to win, as well as the $6 on offer for livewire Walsh to be the best player on the ground. A Broncos win will cost Tripp’s company $2 million. If Walsh wins the Clive Churchill, it will cost another $500,000.

Tripp said he had kept his beloved Storm short in the market all year, and the late flurry of money for the Broncos at decent odds has left h

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