In 2000, Hawking bet Gordon Kane $100 that the Higgs Boson would never be found.

In December 2000, Hawking bet Gordon Kane $100 that the Higgs Boson will be discovered at the Fermilab Tevatron.

Since the funding dried up for the Tevatron and the first hints for the discovery of the Higgs boson come from LHC we can conclude that Hawking won the bet and Kane will be the one paying up.

This just in: "Stephen Hawking on Higgs: 'Discovery has lost me $100'"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18708626

That look he gives at the end really makes me tear up. What a great sentiment.