1 leg away from $360,000 USD win

[Mpamaegbu]

OP, I can feel your pain. It's very annoying when just one game "cuts your bet" as we say in my local parlance. I'm sure the sad feeling wouldn't have been the same were it like two/three games that made you lose. This is every gambler's cross to carry and bear.

Like the games you played, if I were you and the games were so sure for me, I would rather split the bets into three. I may bet 3 on one ticket, 5 on another ticket and the complete 8 on the third ticket. By this, you may win 1 or 2 tickets which might have refunded your risked capital with a little profit instead of losing everything.

Supposed in splitting your bet into three and Fenerbahce is there in everyone of them? Wouldn't that still be the same and unnecessary dissipation of energy? Anyway, it has happened and we all can get wiser by the sad experiences of others and pick up from there.

[GxSTxV]

It's another example of the risks and randomness of sports betting, in your case one small detail can really effect your income totally and mess with your huge win. Multiple betting is trending these days in our region between youngs, old people and students, and I believe behind this hype is the desire to win big, without risking much due to the significant odds.

I believe that to reach the highest odds you need to gamble for many risky matches and chose the correct outcomes of all these matches otherwise you can lose because one match amoung 10 or more choices. The thing that makes the odds of winning also very far to reach.

[Ambatman]

Wow that's a huge loss especially the opportunity cost.
One game cutting a slip is not something that can be easily handled.
Hopefully the loss is not something thats too big to handle and bigger wins next time with better risk management.

[Miles2006]

Op sounds like an experienced gambler, an OG. Despite the fact you loss unexpectedly you still tried your best because it’s not easy predicting random match yet lost everything, this loss is huge personally don’t know how you reacted after encountering the lose. I can’t act up this way towards gambling because I’m more careful with my funds, you’ve learnt from your mistake next time you’ll pick a different game with lesser amount if you’re willing.

[Weawant]

Wow, you were so close, this is was really brilliant, your picks where just obtainable that if I had seen this before the games did kicked off, I would want to bank on it because they did appeared like a very achievable results that you can depend on these teams to produce at the end of the day, but gambling happens so sorry for the loss hopefully you get it right some other time and recover.

[Ultegra134]

Can y'all see the irony??? Shit's so funny for real!!
I'm trying to imagine how confused he is at the moment... How he's struggling to compose some shitty line of text to prove he's a different person... But as y'all know, most definitely, this would be his end !

Seems like he doesn't like being hit with his own lines. No response from either accounts. The funnier thing is that there are other members who still reply without realizing a thing, still believing that he's legit, and without having gone through the topic. They just read the initial post and reply.

[sompitonov]

Wow, you were so close, this is was really brilliant, your picks where just obtainable that if I had seen this before the games did kicked off, I would want to bank on it because they did appeared like a very achievable results that you can depend on these teams to produce at the end of the day, but gambling happens so sorry for the loss hopefully you get it right some other time and recover.

I was amazed by the OP's result and how close it was, but I still think it was too many bets and it would have been possible to at least remove 2 of them. The thing is that such a number of bets is extremely risky and even if the OP was short of one of them to get rich, then if he continues, it is far from certain that he will ever win, because at one point he will lose half of the games, and at another 2 of them and there will be many other options for losing. I never make such risky bets. However, the potential profit has a big risk and everyone chooses for himself, but it was interesting to watch...

[m2017]

One could think that OP was close to success, but this is not the case.

Already on the second match, all his chances disappeared. Although, in the end, 7 bets were accurate. But even 1 inaccuracy ruins the whole chain, a series of coincidences.

By the way, no one owes you anything (especially Fenerbahce). You knew what you were risking (your deposit), and you knew that in case of one mistake, you would lose everything.

I can only envy your ability to predict the outcome of matches, but I dare to recommend that next time you do not bet on 8 matches. Then it would be better to split it into 2 by 4 or 3 by 3. This way you will not earn $360k, but you will not lose your entire deposit either. Probably, a good gambler can be called not the one who wins a lot (or almost wins), but the one who loses little (manages to withdraw his deposit).

[alani123]

Being one leg away is functionally the same as being all the legs away from a win. Sadly this is the truth. Many people will think they're skilled if they pick many matches right in a paroli slip but really it's all in the odds, even losing by one is among the most likely results which is not having a winning ticket. Otherwise these tickets would never have such odds.

So really I'd say maybe not great but it's something to expect for sure. So when taking big risks like this, money not won is not potential winnings or money lost. The real loss is your stake. Interesting okay style though, in spite of it not paying out.

[darewaller]

That's a rough loss man! I can't imagine betting $3k on a 120 odds parlay. I think I saw this bet on Twitter or Telegram stake angels chat maybe, don't remember where but this is some sick stuff. If I was you, I would rather bet $500 on all games separately because if you can guess 8-10 bets correctly then single bets would earn you a lot more on average.

Stake used to have justice payout or something like that promote where they would refund such close calls randomly for bettors. I don't think it exists any more now but you would definitely qualify if that was still running. Good luck with your next bets .

[boyptc]

Stake used to have justice payout or something like that promote where they would refund such close calls randomly for bettors. I don't think it exists any more now but you would definitely qualify if that was still running. Good luck with your next bets .

Other than the justice payout. Was OP is able to do some early cash out prior to that game that was about to lose?

He may not get the entire odds but at least he's got some cash to withdraw before deciding to proceed with all of those bets in the parlay, right?

If that's an option before seeing that result, I'll take the money happily even if it's lesser compared to the potential winning.