Wayne Shelton is a single dad who just became $80,960.17 richer after an impressive $100 bet was cashed out by the punter.
The three-legged parlay, placed on DraftKings Sportsbook, had winning legs of the Texas Rangers to win the World Series (22/1) and the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl (+600), but it all came down to the Oklahoma City Thunder – the top seed in the Western Conference – winning the NBA Finals (70/1).
The $100 bet would have won slightly north of $1.7 million if it had succeeded and the Thunder had gotten lucky en route to an NBA Finals victory.
"Quite an adventure, gotta go to a playoff game in OKC," Shelton said in a video he posted on X on Tuesday. “And it’s quite an up and down here with the pullback, it started at $11,000, went up to $100,000, came back down to $30,000 and right now we’re at $80,000.
“I said last night (Monday) that if (Thunder) wins this game and they offer at least $80,000, I’m leaving. Well they are offering $80,000 and I don’t think I can handle more, I want to continue but I’m a single dad and the money would be wonderful.
The total parlay odds should have been 11,430/1, but thanks to a well-placed 50% boost, the bet was instead valued at 17,145/1.
The Rangers and Chiefs did their part to win their respective titles and the Thunder grabbed the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference to gain home-court advantage, but they find themselves in a series of semifinals 2-2 against the Mavericks before Wednesday’s critical game. 5.
Rather than risk going home with $0, Shelton cashed in with the Thunder just six wins away from a spot in the NBA Finals.
Could he have gotten more? Almost definitely.
Cashouts are never the best value when considering a futures bet that you want to get out of.
Instead, savvy bettors turn to secondary markets, like a Prop Swap or Wager Wire, to get more money when selling bets.
Secondary market PropSwap told the Post they received several six-figure offers for the bet, but they were unable to contact Shelton.
The true value, according to Wager Wire, was $190,500, if they could find a buyer.
Still, for a single dad, collecting five high fives on a bet of just $100 is definitely a feel-good story.
But for future punters in a similar location, keep your direct messages open on social media; This could earn you some extra money in a situation like this.
New York Post
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