It sure didn’t look like a winning lineup, but maybe that was the point. If the bettor at Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland had picked basketball teams with less dismal prospects, he wouldn’t have gotten such steep odds — about 141-to-1. But that’s what enabled him to collect $714,000 on a $5,000 wager when his three “huge underdogs” pulled upsets — two in overtime — on the same night.
Maryland sports bettor wins $714,000 by picking 3 huge underdogs with losing records. He was ‘afraid to watch the games.’
December 6, 2022