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Bettor Turns $33 Into $32,271 With Incredible 11-Leg Parlay

Fans walk past a Fanduel sports betting location at Footprint Center before Game Five of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs between the Phoenix Suns and the New Orleans Pelicans on April 26, 2022 in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Sports betting: Is it skill or luck? While the obvious answer is “a little bit a both,” one FanDuel customer leaned heavily into the luck category while winning an insane 11-leg parlay on April 29.

Now, we need to address the elephant in the room: You can go poor in a hurry trying to hit three-leg parlays, let alone an 11-teamer. These are lottery tickets in the form of betslips, and anyone who expects these longshots to cash as part of a legitimate betting strategy … probably shouldn’t be betting.

However, this fortuitous bettor found their pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, turning $33.33 into a whopping $32,271.74 payday at FanDuel Sportsbook.

Talk about incredible: This bettor started with (maybe) enough dough for dinner for two at Chilis and finished with a full cash offer on a Jeep Wrangler thanks to +96,724 odds.

Almost as impressive as the profit was how the parlay was structured: Five MLB sides, five NHL sides, and a (seemingly) random NBA player/team same-game prop at a huge plus-price. See for yourself:

The $33 To $32,271.74Β Winning Parlay Ticket

Of the 10 MLB and NHL bets, all were favorites except one: The Winnipeg Jets (+122), who handled their business with a 3-1 victory over the Flames.

Sweating Memphis

The last leg of the cross-sport parlay was the obvious shocker, as the bettor tied a Memphis Grizzlies playoff victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves to a prop on the Grizzlies’ Desmond Bane to make at least five 3-pointers during the game. (Yep, a parlay inside of a parlay β€” how meta!)

The same-game parlay was a tough ask, and the +340 odds reflected that. Sure enough, “tough ask” moved to “darn-near-impossible” when Memphis entered the fourth quarter trailing by double digits. However, the Grizzlies ended up outscoring Minnesota 40-22 in the fourth quarter, prevailing 114-106 and taking the best-of-7 series in six games. More remarkably, Bane connected on exactly five shots from downtown (on eight attempts), giving this lucky bettor a 1000x payout on his initial investment.

Don’t Try This at Home

Without talking to the individual who placed the wager, it’s impossible to know what their plus/minus sports betting ledger looks like in the grand scheme of things. Was this a one-off parlay that luckily hit? Or did this bettor spend thousands upon thousands on losing parlays before finally nailing one?

That’s what you need to keep in mind when sportsbooks β€” purely for PR purposes β€” post these beyond-long-shot winners on social media.

Parlays can be fun, but they probably shouldn’t be the foundation of your overall betting strategy. View them as lottery tickets: You can turn a little into a lot, but don’t bank on winning very often. And remember: TheΒ chances of cashing a parlay reduce significantly with each leg added to the ticket β€” unless, of course, you throw a totally random Desmond Bane 3-point prop into the mix.