A bettor placed a $50 three-leg futures parlay at Paris Las Vegas five months ago. The ticket is now three wins away from cashing for almost $99,000.
Basketball
The bettor placed the $100 three-team futures parlay in May 2023 on the World Series, Super Bowl and NBA Finals winners that would have paid $1.7 million.
The Las Vegas Aces will open their pursuit of a three-peat as WNBA champions against the Phoenix Mercury on Tuesday night at Michelob Ultra Arena.
The Aces are favored at the Westgate SuperBook to win their third consecutive WNBA championship. The New York Liberty are the second choice.
Sportsbooks saw three straight record handles for women’s basketball games in Caitlin Clark’s final three college contests, and they expect interest to remain high on her in the WNBA.
A FanDuel Sportsbook bettor turned $10 into $192,324.65 after hitting a seven-leg parlay comprised of three NBA playoff same-game parlays.
The Boston Celtics are the +150 favorites to win the NBA title, the Denver Nuggets are the 3-1 second choice to repeat, and every other team is 12-1 or higher.
The bettor placed a $100 parlay in May on the Rangers to win the World Series (22-1), the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl (6-1) and a team to win the NBA title at 70-1.
Scottie Scheffler, fresh off his second Masters victory, is the overwhelming favorite to win each of the remaining three major golf championships this year.
South Carolina’s 87-75 win and cover over Caitlin Clark and Iowa as 6½-point favorites was the most-bet women’s sporting event in BetMGM sportsbook history.
Connecticut has been a cash machine for bettors in the NCAA Tournament the last two years. Bettors like them to win and cover Monday’s championship game.
Barstool Sports founder and owner Dave Portnoy is one Connecticut win away from collecting a massive payout from DraftKings sportsbook.
Caitlin Clark and Iowa beat Connecticut in the most-bet women’s basketball game ever and also knocked the Knights off the main TV at Las Vegas sportsbooks.
Bruce Marshall and Paul Stone each went 12-5 against the spread to tie for first in the Review-Journal March Madness Challenge. They have the same play in the Final Four.
Pro handicappers Paul Stone and Bruce Marshall tied for first place in the Review-Journal’s NCAA Tournament contest. Here are their championship picks.