Patrick Everson
FOX Sports activities Betting Analyst
Soccer season and March Insanity are the signature occasions of yr on the American sports activities betting calendar. The sharps and the general public betting lots will gravitate elsewhere over these subsequent few months.
However that may nonetheless result in heart-pounding wins and gut-punching losses ,and typically each directly. That was the case this week, with a Onerous Rock Wager buyer’s 15-leg parlay.
Extra on that wager and different notable bets, distinctive wins and main wagers — winners and losers, alike — over the previous week or so.
To Wait Or Not To Wait
On Tuesday, a bettor at Onerous Rock put collectively a parlay buffet of Tuesday and Wednesday occasions. The primary 13 picks have been a mix of MLB video games, NHL video games and a pair of tennis matches.
Topping off the 15-leg parlay: moneyline performs on the Miami Warmth to beat the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Mavericks to beat the Sacramento Kings.
Grand complete of the wager: $17.36.
An odd quantity, for positive, however it might pay large if the lottery ticket received there. At huge odds of +315146 — or in easier-to-read phrases, about 3,151/1 — the potential payout could be practically $55,000.
The 2 NBA contests passed off on Wednesday evening. By that time, the primary 13 legs have been all in and winners. The bettor simply wanted the Warmth and Mavericks to win.
However earlier than these video games tipped, Onerous Rock supplied a cashout of $8,211.
Turning 17 bucks right into a excessive, four-figure revenue is fairly good work. So the bettor accepted the cashout.
And you understand what occurred subsequent, proper? Yep, the visiting Warmth beat the Bulls 109-90, and the visiting Mavericks beat the Kings 120-106.
Oof.
Right here’s hoping that $8,211 took off at the least a number of the sting.
Extremely-Micro Betting
There’s in-game betting, after which there’s actually in-game betting.
In Tuesday evening’s Memphis Grizzlies-Golden State Warriors play-in conflict, a DraftKings Sportsbook buyer made an in-game stay wager on this two-leg parlay:
Actual sort of rating that would come with the sport’s 166th pointExact sort of rating that would come with the sport’s 167th level
For the primary leg, the bettor selected a Warriors 3-pointer and for the second, a Grizzlies 2-pointer. Each hit, at odds of +18000 (180/1), and that $200 grew to become a revenue of $36,000 (complete payout $36,200).
It sounds manner too good to be true, and there have been many skeptics on social media. However DraftKings confirmed the wager through a brief video on X:
That’s about as fortuitous as one might get. And for just about all of us, it’s the quickest $36,000 ever made.
Tax Day Development
Ensure that to notice this in your 2026 calendar: The Tampa Bay Rays don’t win video games performed on April 15.
Tampa Bay has misplaced 11 straight when taking part in on Tax Day, courting to April 15, 2012.
In two of these seasons — 2014 and 2019 — the Rays have been off on April 15. And in 2020, no person was taking part in as a consequence of COVID. But when Tampa has an April 15 recreation, then you’ll be able to just about rely on a loss.
On Tuesday, the Rays gave up six runs within the first 5 innings en path to a 7-4 house loss to the Boston Pink Sox.
Residence Run Derby
On Tuesday, a FanDuel Sportsbook buyer put collectively a $50 four-leg, home-run parlay:
Jonathan Aranda +520 to homer for the Rays, vs. the Pink SoxTyler Soderstrom +400 to homer for the A’s, vs. the White SoxPete Alonso +350 to homer for the Mets, vs. the TwinsYordan Alvarez +390 to homer for the Astros, vs. the Cardinals
Add all that up, and also you’ve received odds of +68255, or about 683/1.
All 4 gamers delivered house runs, turning that fifty bucks into $34,177.
Not a foul day’s work, if you may get it.
I Like Huge Bets And I Can not Lie
The NBA playoffs begin this weekend, however one bettor couldn’t wait that lengthy to drop a significant wager.
On Wednesday, a BetMGM buyer put $200,000 on Warmth moneyline +105 vs. Bulls within the Play-In spherical.
As famous above, Miami rolled to a 109-90 victory. So the bettor doubled up after which some, profiting $210,000 (complete payout $410,000).
And the way about a few comparatively smaller bets however with five-figure payouts?
At Caesars Sports activities, a buyer put $205.15 (sure, 15 cents, too) on a precise NBA Finals results of the Cleveland Cavaliers beating the Los Angeles Clippers. At odds of +20000 (200/1), if that occurs, then the bettor earnings a wholesome $41,030 (complete payout $41,235.15).
Additionally at Caesars, a buyer in Puerto Rico is already on Luka Dončić to win NBA Finals MVP, at odds of +2500.
The Los Angeles Lakers must survive a gauntlet within the West, then beat whoever comes out of the East, with the Cavaliers and Boston Celtics the probably opponents.
But when Dončić finally will get that {hardware}, then the bettor pockets $37,500 in revenue (complete payout $39,000).
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 house. He’s primarily based in Las Vegas, the place he enjoys {golfing} in 110-degree warmth. Comply with him on X: @PatrickE_Vegas.
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