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- Bettor won $75,000 on a $200 wager after nailing 9-game NFL parlay
- Bet cashed thanks to a pair of last-second touchdowns by Eagles and Falcons
- Another parlay bettor lost what would have been $317,000 in winnings due to Raiders’ home loss to Jaguars
Sunday afternoon included a number of wild finishes and surprising results across the NFL. Several games came down to last-second finishes, and everything happened to break right for one Las Vegas bettor.
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A CGTechnology bettor reportedly nailed a 9-team parlay on a $200 initial wager that paid out a whopping $75,000 in winnings. The bettor was aided by a pair of touchdowns in the waning moments of two different games that didn’t actually play a part in affecting the actual win/loss result of either contest.
Last-Second Heroics
Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nigel Bradham scooped up a fumble from Washington Redskins quarterback Dwayne Haskins and returned it 47 yards for a touchdown on the final play of Philly’s 37-27 win over Washington. The Eagles led 31-27 at the time of the play, but the touchdown helped them cover the 4.5-point spread in improbable fashion.
A couple of hours later, a similar scenario played out on the opposite side of the country. The San Francisco 49ers had time for one last play to try and beat the Atlanta Falcons after a Julio Jones touchdown had given Atlanta a slim 23-22 lead with 2 seconds on the clock. The 49ers lateraled the ball several times, but the ball eventually got loose and rolled into their own end zone. Falcons receive Olamide Zaccheaus picked up the ball for a touchdown, which gave Atlanta a 29-22 victory. More importantly for the bettor, the meaningless touchdown helped push the game over the total 44.5 points.
The bettor had also taken Atlanta to cover the 10.5-point spread.
Other Legs of the Parlay
The other 6 legs of the parlay were Kansas City -9.5 against Denver (KC won 23-3), Houston +2.5 against Tennessee (HOU won 24-21), New England -9.5 over Cincinnati (NE won 34-13), Minnesota -2.5 against the LA Chargers (MIN won 39-10) and over 48.5 points in Carolina-Seattle (teams combined for 54 points).
The Carolina-Seattle game was looking dicey, but a pair of late touchdowns from the Panthers eventually clinched the over on 48.5. The Panthers found the end zone twice within the last 5 minutes of the game.
The first 8 legs of the parlay had come in at the time of Zaccheaus’ improbable last-second score in Santa Clara.
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CG Technology sportsbook director Tony DiTommaso told the Las Vegas Review-Journal, “It was amazing. Hard to believe two in one day like that.”
Big Swings for Sportsbooks
The last-minute touchdown by the Eagles was a huge swing against sportsbooks in general. CG Technology said that play alone represented a swing of $150,000 in winnings to bettors, while MGM Resorts and the Westgate SuperBook also reported swings of nearly six figures. William Hill said they endured a “monster swing” on the play, as well.
However, the sportsbooks wound up making some of that money back when the Falcons beat the 49ers outright. Tons of money had reportedly come in on the 49ers as -550 moneyline favorites. The game hitting the over was a minor hit to the books, but the Falcons’ victory was a boon for the books.
Aaron Kessler, the sportsbook director at the Golden Nugget, told the LVRJ, “Atlanta was huge for us. The total wasn’t great going over, but the game more than made up for it.”
Wild Finishes Across NFL
There was nearly a similarly improbable last-second touchdown in the Bears-Packers game, but the Bears wound up falling just a few yards shy of what could have been a game-tying score as time expired.
Bettors also cashed in on the Patriots’ win over the Bengals and the Buccaneers’ triumph over the Lions in Detroit. When asked about the Bengals-Patriots result, Kessler said, “We barely took any Bengals money all week. It’s hard to sell that team. You need an awful lot of lipstick for that particular pig.”
The Buccaneers picked up an easy 38-17 win over the Lions as 6-point favorites entering the game. Favorites went 6-1-1 against the spread in the early window. However, underdogs went 4-1 with 4 outright wins in the 5 late afternoon games.
Big Loss for Another Bettor
While one parlay bettor enjoyed the sweat of a lifetime, another wasn’t so lucky. A different bettor at MGM Resorts lost a $217,000 moneyline parlay that included Oakland as a -280 favorite to beat the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Raiders were playing their final home game in Northern California, but Jacksonville staged a come-from-behind win in the team’s Oakland farewell. The Jaguars won the game 20-16 despite entering the game as 7-point underdogs.
The Raiders enjoyed a comfortable 16-3 halftime lead, but the offense stalled out in the second half. Jay Kornegay, a sportsbook director at the Westgate SuperBook, said, “There’s no doubt the Jaguars looked dead in the water. You would think the emotional facto would certainly be an advantage for the Raiders and it was for most of the game. But their offensive struggles in the second half continued.”
The other 3 legs of the 4-team parlay had come in on the right side for the aforementioned bettor. Texans-Titans hit the over on 44.5 points, Falcons-49ers went over 41.5 and Browns-Cardinals went over 37.5. The $100,000 wager would have paid out $317,000 if the Raiders had been able to hold up their end of the bargain.
A Las Vegas woman is $100,000 richer after hitting a 20,000-1 parlay betting on the NFL this past weekend, ESPN reported.
Marketing manager Tayla Polia bet $5 on a 15-team parlay at one of Nevada’s mobile sports books. Nevada is the only state in the country with full-scale sports betting, and one of three with online casino games.
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Polia reportedly was on the right side of the point spread in 14 games and correctly picked the over in the Steelers vs. Broncos game. She didn’t even know how spreads worked on Sunday, she said. She picked the games just on who she thought would win.
“On Sunday morning, my boyfriend and I were sitting on the couch talking about how spreads worked,” Polia said. “He was frustrated since I wasn’t getting it right away.”
“I remembered that I picked the Giants and they lost,” she added. “So I thought it was strange when I looked at it [Tuesday] morning and saw that I won.”
While her success was huge and one of the biggest long-shot wins in Nevada sports betting history, the winnings will likely be insignificant for the Nevada sports betting industry.
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Nevada sports books saw $3.9 billion in wagers in all of 2014, winning $227 million. Both totals were all-time highs. Revenue from sports betting is up well over 10 percent this year.