For a fleeting moment on Sunday night, a DraftKings Sportsbook customer was nearly half a million dollars richer. A long-shot wager came through on the first touchdown scorer of the Detroit Lions vs. Kansas City Chiefs showdown.
But as they like to say in the NFL: After further review …
And poof. It was gone. A huge win became a huge loss.
More on that bet, along with major wagers and profitable parlays in NFL betting this past weekend.
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Trick Play
Before the Lions-Chiefs kickoff, DraftKings took a $5,000 bet on Detroit QB Jared Goff scoring the game’s first touchdown. The odds: a hefty +9000 (90/1).
The Lions received the opening kick, and Goff methodically drove them down the field. On fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line, Detroit lined up to go for it.
Goff then backed away from center and went in motion to the left side. Lions running back David Montgomery took the direct shotgun snap and threw to Goff, who juggled the ball, but ultimately gathered it in to score.
At that point, wherever that bettor was, pandemonium surely erupted, as that $5,000 became a whopping $450,000.
But then the referees gathered to discuss the play and determined that Goff never got set before the snap. Then a flag was thrown for illegal motion, a 5-yard penalty was assessed, and Detroit kicked a field goal to go up 3-0.
Instead of Goff being the first TD scorer, and that bettor bagging a big check, Chiefs wideout Xavier Worthy scored on the ensuing possession to snare first touchdown honors.
I Like Big Bets and I Cannot Lie
The largest reported bet of the weekend landed at Caesars Sports, and it was in the first game on the NFL Week 6 oddsboard: the Philadelphia Eagles vs. the New York Giants.
The bettor, firing large in Tennessee, put $339,000 on Giants +7.5 (-113), just hoping rookie QB Jaxson Dart & Co. could keep the game close against the defending Super Bowl champs.
Dart did much more than that.
He scored the game’s first touchdown and helped New York jump out to a 13-3 lead at home.
But Jalen Hurts and the Eagles rebounded to take a 17-13 halftime lead. So it looked as if that big bettor was gonna get a big sweat.
Not so. The Giants shut out the Eagles in the second half, while rookie running back Cam Skattebo scored three touchdowns to lift New York to a 34-17 upset.
And the bettor banked a hefty $300,000 profit, for a total payout of $639,000.
Parlay Partay
Ahead of Sunday’s early kickoffs, a FanDuel Sportsbook customer strung together this $20 four-leg player-prop parlay:
- Chargers wideout Ladd McConkey anytime touchdown +200
- Panthers wideout Tetairoa McMillan to score two or more TDS +1000
- Colts wideout Josh Downs anytime touchdown +290
- Jaguars running back Travis Etienne 25 or more receiving yards +220
Add that every one up, and also you’ve bought a guess at odds of +41084, or in easier-to-digest phrases, nearly 411/1.
Apparently, by means of 5 weeks, McMillan had no touchdowns, by no means thoughts two in a single sport. And Downs had but to search out the top zone both.
However McMillan scored within the second and fourth quarters of Carolina’s 30-27 win over the Dallas Cowboys. And Downs hit paydirt early within the fourth quarter of Indianapolis’ 31-27 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.
McConkey and Etienne did their elements, as effectively. In order that 20 bucks grew to become $8,236. That’s the sort of ROI I can get behind.
And within the “Shut However No Cigar” class, a Fanatics Sportsbook buyer put $50 on a 10-leg player-prop parlay. The primary 9 legs have been in by the point the Lions and Chiefs kicked off.
All that stood between that bettor and $98,095.60 — almost 100 grand — was a landing Sunday night time from Lions working again Jahmyr Gibbs.
However Gibbs couldn’t discover the top zone. It’s a great reminder of the perils of parlays. Because the cliché goes: Parlays are a bookmaker’s finest buddy.
Honest Recreation
Greater than a yr in the past, Fanatics Sportsbook launched its groundbreaking Honest Play initiative. In soccer participant props, if a participant was injured within the first quarter and didn’t return, Fanatics refunded any straight bets on that participant.
In parlays, any leg involving that participant was voided. So the parlay remained alive with the opposite picks.
This season, Fanatics prolonged that coverage to the second quarter, as effectively. So on Sunday, when Tampa Bay Buccaneers star rookie wideout Emeka Egbuka (hamstring) was dominated out for the second half, after taking part in within the first half, the coverage swung into movement.
In an enormous method.
Egbuka’s sturdy debut season has attracted loads of consideration from bettors. Sunday’s sport towards the 49ers was no exception. Between refunds on Egbuka straight bets and honoring parlays that gained as soon as Egbuka legs have been voided, Fanatics reported paying out $1.5 million on Sunday.
One bettor was in for $1,000 on a six-leg parlay that had 5 legs hit however didn’t join on Egbuka anytime landing. That leg was voided, and the bettor snagged $27,894 in revenue.
Numerous different parlays ended up paying out, as effectively.
Right here’s Hoping You Had It
It’s not all about making large bets or cashing out big on 10-leg parlays — which, simply to be clear, is uncommon. Generally it’s about placing 10 bucks on a single straight guess, backing a protracted shot or semi-long shot, and getting good ROI.
For instance, within the Sunday morning Broncos-Jets sport performed in London, Fanatics had a prop guess of Anytime Pretend Punt, at odds of +61037, or simply past 610/1.
Late within the second quarter, New York lined up in punt formation on fourth-and-1 from its personal 37-yard line. However the ball was snapped to upback Breece Corridor, who gained the yard to get the primary down.
If you happen to’d simply put a tenner on that prop, then you definately’d have profited greater than $6,100.
Or how about Broncos tight finish Nate Adkins to attain the primary landing of that sport? Adkins was +5500 to take action however hit paydirt on the final play of the primary quarter.
Ten bucks on that grew to become $550 revenue.
New England Patriots wideout DeMario Douglas was +2700 to attain the primary TD of Sunday’s sport towards the New Orleans Saints. However rating it he did, so a $10 wager there would’ve cashed for $270.
I’d take that every one day, every single day.
I Like Massive Bets, Half II
Together with the huge Giants guess famous above, fairly just a few main wagers landed on NFL Week 6 odds. And just like the guess above, Caesars Sports activities took a number of of these performs, together with:
- $275,000 Raiders -3.5 vs. Titans. Las Vegas won and covered, 20-10, and the bettor profited $250,000 (total payout $525,000).
- $250,000 Chiefs -2.5 vs. Lions, parlayed to Under 51.5, for odds of +264. Kansas City won 30-17 for a total of 47 points. So the bettor banked $661,157.03 (total payout $911,157.03).
- $110,000 Chiefs -2.5. That’s another winner, for $100,000 (total payout $210,000).
- $110,000 Falcons +4 vs. Bills. That will be settled in Monday night’s game.
But it surely’s not all puppies and rainbows for these high-rolling clients. Sportsbooks often pad their backside line with main wagers gone awry.
A DraftKings buyer put $125,000 on Packers -14 vs. the Bengals. Inexperienced Bay gained 27-18, and Cincinnati lined the quantity, leaving the bettor six figures shorter within the checking account.
Additionally at DraftKings, a bettor put $80,000 on Eagles -7 vs. Giants. That’s now a high-five-figure donation to the home.
So keep in mind that these high-rollers have the means to face up to an enormous loss. All of us common on a regular basis Joes and Janes have to preserve it cheap. By no means guess greater than you’ll be able to afford to lose.
Patrick Everson is a sports activities betting analyst for FOX Sports activities and senior reporter for VegasInsider.com. He’s a distinguished journalist within the nationwide sports activities betting area. He’s based mostly in Las Vegas, the place he enjoys {golfing} in 110-degree warmth. Comply with him on Twitter: @PatrickE_Vegas.
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