I placed a $20 bet that I’d marry my high school crush — winning feels like a ‘rom-com’

This guy loves a gamble — and he just won big.

Newlywed Cade Wessel is now a little richer thanks to a bet he placed in his high school yearbook six yeas ago.

“Twenty bucks I marry Sarah Dill,” the then-class of 2018 senior, from Bradenton, Fla., captioned his graduation photo, confident  he’d one day get hitched with his new girlfriend of only two weeks.

And luckily for the romantic risk-taker, the odds were in his favor.

Wessel and Dill, now both 24, tied the knot this April 27 —six years after his major wager.

“I was the happiest man in the world that day,” the recent groom, a construction worker, told Kennedy News.

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After exchanging vows with Dill, an aspiring wildlife biologist, Wessel waived around a crisp banknote featuring Andrew Jackson’s mug as they walked up the aisle, hand-in-hand, as husband and wife. Viral visuals of his wedding day victory have scored over 18.6 million Instagram views.

“We got perfect photos,” said Wessel, “and I was $20 up too.”

Rolling the dice before saying “I Do” apparently makes the big day more interesting.

Pennsylvania bride Jennifer Hanks, 31, lost a Super Bowl bet to hubby Patrick, 28, ahead of their nuptials. But rather than winning money, the groom was given the green light to wear Philadelphia Eagles paraphernalia while they exchanged vows.

“A bet’s a bet,” Patrick, who proudly rocked a Carson Wentz jersey at the altar, cheekily told The Post.

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The twosome told The Post that after encouraging paying participants to “ trust the process ,” their guests were treated to a chauffeured landmark tour around the Big Apple, along with a luxe lobster and steak reception dinner at One World Trade Center.

Thanks to the their cash-saving hack, the Styles saved $70,000.

Money, however, was the last thing on Wessel’s mind as he prepared to marry his high school sweetheart — who he proposed to with an emerald-cut diamond ring during a sunrise hike in Hawaii.

“At my bachelor party we were talking about my senior quote,” Wessel told Kennedy. “A mate said, ‘I’m going to give you $20 when you’re walking down the aisle afterwards’.”

“I forgot about it with all the planning.”

But the memory of making that serious claim quickly came rushing back to the daredevil.

“The teacher just sprang this stuff on us at the last minute,” Wessel recalled of having to ink a meaningful message under his Lakewood Ranch High School yearbook pic.

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“I didn’t have anything profound to say like some of my friends were trying to do,” he added. “I was just thinking about Sarah, and I knew I was going to marry her and I thought ‘This will be cool down the road’.”

“I didn’t tell her anything,” said Wessel. “I was going to see if they would print it.”

At the time, the teens, who met in 2011 as classmates in the sixth grade’s “gifted” program, had only been dating for a short period. Dill had just transferred to another school.

But the couple’s mutual friends eagerly alerted her to Wessel’s bold-print move.

“I was floored,” said Dill, who was immediately flooded with SnapChat shots of Wessel’s $20 bet after the yearbook was published. “He was quite confident early on.”

“Looking at that picture was a very full-circle moment for us,” added the new bride, who’s currently enjoying a two-year honeymoon through Asia and Australia with Wessel.

“The wedding was one of the best days of my life,” she gushed. “To finally have the wedding with all our friends and family there, and the bet was fulfilled.

“It just feels like a rom-com.”

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