So close to a million dollars, yet so far away.
That has to be the feeling of one FanDuel bettor in the aftermath of the Los Angeles Dodgers clinching the World Series over the New York Yankees Wednesday night.
LA’s win was the latest and fourth leg to hit in the bettor’s five-leg multi-sport championship parlay. After also nailing titles by the UConn men’s basketball team, the Boston Celtics and Florida Panthers, the parlay is now just one leg short of turning his original $51.62 bet into $1,000,073.49.
There’s only one problem. That last leg is a New York Jets Super Bowl.
DODGERS WORLD SERIES
JUST NEED A JETS SUPER BOWL TO WIN A MILLION DOLLARS
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— br_betting (@br_betting) October 31, 2024
Considering the Jets are just 2-6 at the halfway mark of the NFL season, they seem incredibly unlikely to win a championship. They’ll be lucky to even make the playoffs. The bettor should just take what they can get at this point.
FanDuel obviously knows that too, so the cash-out offer isn’t quite what you might imagine for a $1 million parlay just one leg short of hitting. It’s $4,721.65. Which is quite sad.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing sad about turning $50 into more than $4,700. But coming so close to life-changing money and falling just short is the part that stings.
