bettor turns $10 into $484K

[alegotardo]

Caesars bettor turns $10 into $484K after hitting NBA parlay

A bettor turned a mere $10 into a jaw-dropping $484,223.25 this Monday after hitting a 17-leg NBA parlay at Caesars Sportsbook in Kansas.

The lucky gambler, who remains unidentified, correctly predicted all 10 NBA games on the slate—nine spread picks and one moneyline—along with seven total points, turning a long-shot 48,422-to-1 wager into a life-changing win.

A true Cinderella story for the books!

Wow, that's really amazing!

The 17-game NBA parlay seems extremely risky and unlikely to win, which explains the 48.422-to-1 odds.

This bettor certainly demonstrated a deep understanding of the NBA and a "somewhat" sharp intuition by correctly predicting the outcomes of close games as well as more complicated ones. I would bet against him that he couldn't do it again

While luck plays a significant role in any bet, even parlays and longs, it's clear that he wouldn't win on that alone. I'm joking, but I recognize that his skill and intuition made all the difference, and it only reinforces the thesis that sports betting is a mix of luck, skill and risk management.

[yahoo62278]

This is why I love Parlays. $10 turned into life changing money. What else could you do to make that kind of money gambling? I would never try to pick 17 games, but I have on many occasions bet 7-9 games and had some luck.

I wonder if they are still taking the bettors action after that win?

[Princess Leah]

Caesars bettor turns $10 into $484K after hitting NBA parlay

A bettor turned a mere $10 into a jaw-dropping $484,223.25 this Monday after hitting a 17-leg NBA parlay at Caesars Sportsbook in Kansas.

The lucky gambler, who remains unidentified, correctly predicted all 10 NBA games on the slate—nine spread picks and one moneyline—along with seven total points, turning a long-shot 48,422-to-1 wager into a life-changing win.

A true Cinderella story for the books!

Wow, that's really amazing!

The 17-game NBA parlay seems extremely risky and unlikely to win, which explains the 48.422-to-1 odds.

This bettor certainly demonstrated a deep understanding of the NBA and a "somewhat" sharp intuition by correctly predicting the outcomes of close games as well as more complicated ones. I would bet against him that he couldn't do it again

While luck plays a significant role in any bet, even parlays and longs, it's clear that he wouldn't win on that alone. I'm joking, but I recognize that his skill and intuition made all the difference, and it only reinforces the thesis that sports betting is a mix of luck, skill and risk management.

Yeah I agree with your statement, it takes someone with a deep understanding of a particular sports to bet on multiple games in a particular slip and win from it, he must have even tried overtime before he got to understand that particular sports and got lucky therefore it's right to say that luck and good strategy help made his bet successful.

 Lots of people would've cashed out after the first 10th game played but he's someone that believed in his predictions and stuck to it without having a double mindset of whether he'll win it or not, it shows he's a risk taker and the mindset every gambler should have, which is betting with what they can afford to lose and be willing to risk losing it instead of getting emotional when they lose. Anyways luck played a big role in his predictions betting on sports especially NBA is not very easy talk more of winning a bet of about 17 multiple games.

 

[Julien_Olynpic]

This is a fantastic result and fantastic luck. True, we do not know how much money he spent on previous unsuccessful attempts, lol. But, given the fantastic amount won, most likely the previous unsuccessful attempts were completely paid off by the win. However, this is more likely a survivor's error because the number of players trying to win express trains and not winning them is very large. The overwhelming majority of people betting on express trains win. Moreover, probably 99% lose. And statistically extremely rare wins become very noticeable and are widely discussed. This is what attracts new money to the industry.

[bisdak40]

This one is a very close call though,

"Wizards +11½ (-110) (Wizards lost to Spurs 131-121)"

For sure if he is watching this game, he will be very nervous as it could be garbage time and the Spurs might win more than 11 points. But I didn't see this game, but it's obvious that he is very fortunate that the Wizards wasn't able to score another point or a basket otherwise it will be a disaster for him.

" Kings +1 (-110) (Kings beat Mavericks 129-128 in overtime)"

Even the game between the Kings and the Mavs was very close; I thought the Mavs would win that one. I could say he is destined to win his 17-legged high odds parlay. He’s quite the risk-taker, not like myself when it comes to this kind of betting. I wonder how much he lost before hitting the jackpot.

[Darker45]

The bettor must be a huge fan of the NBA. It even looks like he/she isn't just a mere fan, he/she seems brilliant, closely observing the games and the numbers, their tendencies, possibilities, and so on. In other words, the bettor is very familiar with the games and other factors. He/she knows what he/she's doing.

But by the looks of the bets, they seem ordinary and easy. NBA bettors are betting on those all the time. Perhaps more than familiarity in this parlay bet is luck. It seldom happens that all your 17 predictions turn out right.

[tread93]

Caesars bettor turns $10 into $484K after hitting NBA parlay

A bettor turned a mere $10 into a jaw-dropping $484,223.25 this Monday after hitting a 17-leg NBA parlay at Caesars Sportsbook in Kansas.

The lucky gambler, who remains unidentified, correctly predicted all 10 NBA games on the slate—nine spread picks and one moneyline—along with seven total points, turning a long-shot 48,422-to-1 wager into a life-changing win.

A true Cinderella story for the books!

Here are the 17 legs, with odds and results:

— Lakers -13½ (-110) (Lakers beat Jazz 132-113)

— Warriors -6 (-115) (Warriors beat Bucks 125-111)

— Hawks +5 (-110) (Hawks beat Magic 112-106)

— Celtics -5½ (-110) (Celtics beat Heat 103-85)

— Nuggets -9 (-110) (Nuggets beat Trail Blazers 146-117)

— Thunder -15½ (-110) (Thunder beat Pelicans 137-101)

— Cavaliers -9 (-110) (Cavaliers beat Timberwolves 128-107)

— Wizards +11½ (-110) (Wizards lost to Spurs 131-121)

— Kings +1 (-110) (Kings beat Mavericks 129-128 in overtime)

— Nets ML (-170) (Nets beat Hornets 97-89)

— Celtics-Heat under 219 (-110) (Celtics, 103-85)

— Timberwolves-Cavaliers over 228½ (-110) (Cavaliers, 128-107)

— Trail Blazers-Nuggets over 233 (-110) (Nuggets, 146-117)

— Hawks-Magic under 221½ (-110) (Hawks, 112-106)

— Pelicans-Thunder over 235 (-110) (Thunder, 137-101)

— Kings-Mavericks over 237½ (-110) (Kings, 129-128, OT)

— Spurs-Wizards over 235½ (-110) (Spurs, 131-121)


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When you see stuff like this it is truly jaw dropping i mean what are the odds?! Ten dollars into half mil betting on game outcomes is just simply insane! Omw to fill out my 17 leg parlay boys wml! I've heard of long parlay bets but this one takes the cake i think

[Free Market Capitalist]

When you see stuff like this it is truly jaw dropping i mean what are the odds?! Ten dollars into half mil betting on game outcomes is just simply insane! Omw to fill out my 17 leg parlay boys wml! I've heard of long parlay bets but this one takes the cake i think

The odds are close to zero as you can imagine, they are inversely proportional to the profit obtained. Obviously these things are news, like the one who wins the Euromillions, but all the millions of people who play and don't win are not news. With the difference that here there is a skill influence that in the lottery there is not.

In any case this serves as good publicity for the casinos, if they can pay that and make a profit, imagine how many people are losing money.

[retreat]

We can all say that he has god level luck. With only $10 USD he can turn it into $484K USD, that's crazy. Not all bettors can have luck like him. But I'm just curious about how many bets he made before, he must have been betting for a long time and know the teams so he can guess the bet and get a big win like that.

[khiholangkang]

Is this luck or indeed he has the ability to predict the future, changing $ 10 to $ 1000 alone is very difficult for most people, he can get $ 484K is a fairly crazy number, and whether the casino pays it or not, I am very curious about the action which will be taken by the casino when the large number are won by gamblers.

Okay parlay is indeed tempting profits because if lucky can get a very large victory and change the state of life.

[bakasabo]

In any case this serves as good publicity for the casinos, if they can pay that and make a profit, imagine how many people are losing money.

This case is a nice call for everyone to try to achieve same result, because $10 isnt much. It seems like a free money or riskless bet for casino, as I think it is close to impossible to repeat it. Even if that guy won, many will bring even more money to casino trying to turn nothing into something big. Not everyone will bet $10, so casino will get their $484k back much quicker. If they even really paid that amount, because there is no truth that this bet really was made.

[Questat]

Is this luck or indeed he has the ability to predict the future, changing $ 10 to $ 1000 alone is very difficult for most people, he can get $ 484K is a fairly crazy number, and whether the casino pays it or not, I am very curious about the action which will be taken by the casino when the large number are won by gamblers.

Nobody could predict the outcomes of the games, and if this is true, it is pure luck. But until now, many gamblers still say it is impossible, and I don't think either of the casinos will question his winning, knowing that it has only a slim chance. Upon hearing this, I couldn't imagine myself if that would happen to me even at least once. I probably won't gamble for a while and enjoy my money.

I hope this won't turn into another cheating story and the casino will pay that amount. Everyone deserves to be lucky.

[Oluwa-btc]

A bettor turned a mere $10 into a jaw-dropping $484,223.25 this Monday after hitting a 17-leg NBA parlay at Caesars Sportsbook in Kansas.

The lucky gambler, who remains unidentified, correctly predicted all 10 NBA games on the slate—nine spread picks and one moneyline—along with seven total points, turning a long-shot 48,422-to-1 wager into a life-changing win.

This is a huge risk taking with much tactics, analysis and strategies I presume he must have studied this for awhile now to make out with this huge wins or could it be luck or basically on the basis of sure predictions? I can't really tell but it's sure a huge jackpots that anyone would be seeking for and I'm thus happy for him. It's more or less like a wish come true. What I understand is that he must be a guru in NBA and possibly after so many trials today's his lucky day and going with such huge sum it's clearly stating that  there's always a time for every effort made.

[Smartprofit]

Yes, this is incredible luck! $484,000 is a lot of money! In fact, according to the FIRE concept, this money will be enough for a person for the rest of his life.

This lucky person will be able to quit his hired job, start traveling, investing, and, perhaps, improve his living conditions.

The most important thing is that this lucky person does not become arrogant and does not start imagining that such a happy coincidence can happen again. In my opinion, after such crazy luck, he should stop gambling forever.

If he does not do this, he may well lose his $484,000, and then start losing his own money and borrowed money. Such stories are also known - people who quickly got rich in a couple of years became beggars.

If we recall literary examples, we can recall the story of the former pirate Ben Gunn from the novel "Treasure Island".

[ethereumhunter]

We can all say that he has god level luck. With only $10 USD he can turn it into $484K USD, that's crazy. Not all bettors can have luck like him. But I'm just curious about how many bets he made before, he must have been betting for a long time and know the teams so he can guess the bet and get a big win like that.

Yes, his lucky is big so he can win so much money. Other people can not follow what he did because they don't have the same big lucky like him. We don't know how many times he bets before he won that big money but maybe he already losses many times and voila his luck comes in the right time and give him the big winning. Yes we can only hope that someday we can win big money like him although the amount of the money will not be the same.

[iv4n]

Yes, this is incredible luck! $484,000 is a lot of money! In fact, according to the FIRE concept, this money will be enough for a person for the rest of his life.

This lucky person will be able to quit his hired job, start traveling, investing, and, perhaps, improve his living conditions.

Totally agree with you, this is incredible luck, 17 legs is a lot, and some of them are pretty close hits. I can't help but wonder how many parlays like this he lost, probably because of one or two games, and if he had similar wins in the past. Anyway, crazy bet & and even crazier win!

Well, there are a lot of things that can be done with this money, and it would be wise for this guy to use most of the money for the things you mentioned. But I am sure he will go back to gambling, we all would do it... just to not give them back too much!

[Smartprofit]

Yes, this is incredible luck! $484,000 is a lot of money! In fact, according to the FIRE concept, this money will be enough for a person for the rest of his life.

This lucky person will be able to quit his hired job, start traveling, investing, and, perhaps, improve his living conditions.

Totally agree with you, this is incredible luck, 17 legs is a lot, and some of them are pretty close hits. I can't help but wonder how many parlays like this he lost, probably because of one or two games, and if he had similar wins in the past. Anyway, crazy bet & and even crazier win!

Well, there are a lot of things that can be done with this money, and it would be wise for this guy to use most of the money for the things you mentioned. But I am sure he will go back to gambling, we all would do it... just to not give them back too much!

In some ways, winning in gambling is more dangerous than losing. Because losing and defeat makes people more cautious, and winning makes people more reckless. For a person's self-improvement, losing is much more useful than winning.

In my opinion, this lucky player should not continue to place express bets in an online casino. Yes, I understand that it is very difficult to give up gambling at once.

Perhaps it would be useful for this person to stop playing in an online casino and occasionally play in a physical offline casino, for example, roulette (for small amounts of money)?

On the one hand, he would continue to gamble, and on the other hand, he would avoid the temptation to repeat his previous success.

[Kemarit]

This one is a very close call though,

"Wizards +11½ (-110) (Wizards lost to Spurs 131-121)"

For sure if he is watching this game, he will be very nervous as it could be garbage time and the Spurs might win more than 11 points. But I didn't see this game, but it's obvious that he is very fortunate that the Wizards wasn't able to score another point or a basket otherwise it will be a disaster for him.

" Kings +1 (-110) (Kings beat Mavericks 129-128 in overtime)"

Even the game between the Kings and the Mavs was very close; I thought the Mavs would win that one. I could say he is destined to win his 17-legged high odds parlay. He’s quite the risk-taker, not like myself when it comes to this kind of betting. I wonder how much he lost before hitting the jackpot.

Yes, and that we can see the sports betting as well includes a lot of luck like this one. I think I saw another close game that can go either way with the bettor. But what can we say? he is very lucky indeed and as what you say, he could be really be destined to win this and nobody is going to stop him from getting that almost $500,000.

Wonder though was will happen to him? I mean we have heard legendary wins and then the player extending their luck and by the next day, all his winnings is gone. Hopefully, the winner should enjoy that money first with his family and not put it back to the casinos.

[Samlucky O]

I bet he is saying now "Finally!". I wish he could come out and tell how much he spent before finally hitting it.

I have also thought of that too, every bettor has once been in that situation of losing many times before wining a huge amount. Surely people will prefer posting Success over failure but as the case may be it is a good news seeing that someone has won a huge amount after many times of failure, Since  its what everyone needs.

It's difficult to hit that kind of long parlay because even if you are a good analyst, there's never a perfect prediction of the results of the game.

Of course that is how gambling is. Hitting a long parlay can be a very difficult thing and once won, it seams like  everything was planned or the person is being smart meanwhile everything was based on luck.

[Muba20]

I bet he is saying now "Finally!". I wish he could come out and tell how much he spent before finally hitting it.

I have also thought of that too, every bettor has once been in that situation of losing many times before wining a huge amount. Surely people will prefer posting Success over failure but as the case may be it is a good news seeing that someone has won a huge amount after many times of failure, Since  its what everyone needs.

Sharing failures brings nothing but regret, but there is no hesitation about success. Behind every gambler's big win, there are some failures. The ones we don't see. In gambling, we often hear about big wins, but no one knows how much a gambler spent on that win. Although not everyone's expenses will be at the same level. There are also some gamblers who won the jackpot but lost more than that win. But no matter the number of losses, if a gambler wins big, that moment is certainly very joyful. And the news of such a win certainly inspires gamblers.