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Who won the most money on a bet?

Houston furniture magnate Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale successfully hedged on his store's promotion, pocketing approximately $75 million in winnings. A sum thought to be the largest recorded win in legal sports betting history.
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What is the most money ever won on a bet?

Texas furniture kingpin Jim McIngvale—better known as “Mattress Mack”—won $75 million on Saturday after his bet that the Houston Astros would win the World Series paid off, taking home what is believed to be the largest payout in legal sports betting history.
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What is the biggest win on a football bet?

The Biggest Football Betting Wins of All Time
  1. Daman Chick—£1 million: A million-pound bet on a single goal.
  2. Mick Gibbs—£500,000: The impossible bet that paid off. ...
  3. Brian Matthews—£112,500: The Wolves' winning wager. ...
  4. Globe-Trotting Luck—£180,000: The Champions League victory. ...
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Has anyone ever hit a 25 leg parlay?

Sports Bettor Hits 25-Leg Parlay, Turning $1 into $94,543.65 in Winnings. March Madness is almost here, and one bettor is already feeling the magic, hitting a 25-leg college basketball parlay to win $94,543.63 on a $1 bet at FanDuel Sportsbook.
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How much does a $100 bet win?

The odds indicate how many times your stake will be multiplied in your total payout. For example: A $100 bet at 1.50 odds will pay out $150 ($50 profit, plus your $100 stake).
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Inside The Biggest Win In Sports Betting History | Forbes

What does 5000 to 1 odds pay?

Clarke, who has season tickets to see the Foxes, had a 10 pound bet ($14), thanks to the 5000-to-1 odds, result in a 50,000 pound ($72,480) pay out.
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What would a $100 bet on the Kentucky Derby?

Try this: Bet $100 across the board on the favorite on your sports betting app and relax. If you bet $100 on the favorite to win, place, and show in the past 30 Kentucky Derby races, you'd be up a nifty $3,585 during that span on what would have been $9,000 in total wagers.
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How much did a bet on rich strike pay?

The exacta of Rich Strike and Epicenter paid $4,101.20 on a $2 bet, the trifecta of Rich Strike, Epicenter and Zandon paid $14,870.70 on a $1 bet, and the superfecta of Rich Strike, Epicenter, Zandon and Simplification paid $321,500.10 on a $1 bet. "I fell down the paddock when he hit the wire," Reed said.
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What is the biggest FanDuel payout?

An unnamed FanDuel user might now be the world's biggest Coke Zero fan. The person submitted a $13.49 free bet parlay on FanDuel from a promotion on the Coke Zero 400 Nascar Race on Sunday that won, netting the user nearly $1 million.
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What's the biggest parlay ever hit?

One of the Greatest Parlay Wins of all Time

The parlay, which was placed with DraftKings Sportsbook for an outlay of $31,000, included: the Minnesota Vikings to beat the Colts, Browns to beat the Ravens, Dolphins +7 vs. the Bills, Jaguars +4 vs. the Cowboys, and finally, the Raiders to win against the Patriots.
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What sports do most money bet on?

The NFL Is the Most Popular Sport to Bet On - Variety.
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What is the hardest bet in football?

If a game is high-scoring, this bet is even harder to get right.
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These bets do have a higher risk but they also have higher returns too.
  • Correct Score. This is one of the most difficult football bets around. ...
  • Half Time Score. A variation on the correct score bet is the Half Time Score bet. ...
  • Odd or Even.
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What NFL team gets bet on the most?

Dallas Cowboys

Dallas won two Super Bowls in the 70s and three in the 1990s under Hall of Famer QB Troy Aikman. The team had a poor season last year, going 6 and 10. Nevertheless, it has managed to be the subject of more bets than all but one other NFL team.
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What is the biggest bet ever lost?

1. TERRANCE WATANABE: $127 MILLION. Terrance Watanabe was the son of a successful businessman, inheriting the Oriental Trading Company when his father died in 1977. However, he was more interested in gambling than business, and sold the company in 2000 to turn his attention to Baccarat and Blackjack.
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What is the biggest multiple bet?

Lucky 15: This kind of bet is the biggest and most complicated kind of multiple bet that is commonly available. It is very similar to a Yankee, but along with the six doubles, four trebles and the four-fold accumulator, there are also a further four single bets to make the 15 bets.
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How much does a $100 3 team parlay pay?

How much does a $100 3 team parlay pay? A three-team with a $100 bet will get you an estimated payout of $900.
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Can you win 100k on FanDuel?

Just pick one winning team each week to advance. Make it all 17 weeks, and you could take home $100,000.
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Has anyone ever hit a 20 game parlay?

By the time the Kings and 76ers were wrapping up the NBA schedule, one bettor had somehow avoided every single land mine and stuck the landing on a 20-leg parlay. Incredible. Hitting a 20-team parlay is just about impossible, and playing them is not strategy anyone should follow.
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Has anyone hit a 16 game parlay?

31,847-1. A sports bettor in New York turned a $6.90 16-team parlay ticket into $219,746.19 at Caesars Sportsbook. The New York state bettor picked the moneyline on nine baseball games and a run line, and had four NHL playoff plays and an additional two NBA playoff games. He had six underdogs on his card.
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How much did a $10 bet on Rich Strike win?

Rich Strike, a late entrant in the grandest horse race, went off at 80-1 odds. Meaning a $10 Win bet on the Derby winner would've returned $818. He stunned the sports world on Saturday by winning by three-quarters of a length over second-place finisher Epicenter (4-1 favorite).
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How much would I have won if I bet $1 on Rich Strike?

With just a $1 bet, you would win $321,500.10.
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How many mph did Rich Strike run?

Rich Strike's Peak Speed (44.2 mph) is the fastest in a Kentucky Derby on Trakus (2011-present) by nearly 1 full mph. No other horse hit 43 mph peak speed in the last 12 Kentucky Derby's. Rich Strike's top speed of 44.2 mph was two miles faster than any other horse in the field.
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Who bet $2 million dollars at Kentucky Derby?

And it all started with last year's Kentucky Derby, when he bet what is believed to be a Derby record $2.4 million on Essential Quality to win and the horse finished fourth. Undeterred, Mack is returning to the Derby and again betting on whichever horse ends up as the favorite on Saturday. And he's upping the amount.
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What was the largest bet placed on Rich Strike at the Kentucky Derby?

A record $179.0 million was bet in the pari-mutuel pool on Saturday's Kentucky Derby, a 17% increase over last year and 8% greater than the previous record set in 2019, according to the Churchill Downs.
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How much did you win if you bet on Rich Strike in the Kentucky Derby?

Rich Strike received $1,860,000 of the Kentucky Derby's $3 million purse as the race winner. Before his victory in the first leg of the Triple Crown, Rich Strike's career earnings totaled only $111,289.
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