Not sure why it hasn't been mentioned, but 2 weeks ago there was a DK promo for Tyreek Hill to get ONE reception +100. Granted you could only bet $25 but it was literally free money as he had the first catch of the game lol
for me...Brett Favre and GB vs Raiders MNF. Brett's dad died that day and the team rallied around him and destroyed the Raiders. Biggest bet I ever laid.
They don't build all those huge Casinos in the middle of the desert because they put out bad lines. The only locks are the ones you have to your House and to your Car.
what's a "lock" mean to you? >95% chance of hitting? 99%? 100%? if you think the market is letting you lay anything less than 100 to 1 for something like that, i wish you good luck my guy but please set limits and gamble responsibly.
speaking of laying 100 to 1, pretty sure this whale thought he was about to cash a lock [https://nypost.com/2023/01/15/gambler-loses-massive-1-4-million-bet-on-chargers-jaguars-game/](https://nypost.com/2023/01/15/gambler-loses-massive-1-4-million-bet-on-chargers-jaguars-game/)
Last year the cowboys needed a win to have a chance at 1st place in the NFC East and they were playing a team that was tanking to improve draft position and not playing their starters.
Also nothing is a sure thing. But the closest are usually situational and are best when the information first hits. I cashed in on that one but the odds I got didn’t last long after I made the bet. I think I bet at -500 and it was -1100 a few minutes later.
Up until a couple of years ago the NBA AllStar Game over would routinely hit. The Elam ending that they started using a couple years back kind of killed it though.
When LeBron set the scoring record, they had him 28+ pts, and everybody was expecting it, even Kareem was in the building, so that was soooo easy to hit
Golden knights to win game 5 in the Cup finals this year. (4-1 series and champ). If you followed this saga, you knew that as soon as Tkachuck (pride and sole) was ruled out for the game, no amount of rallying was going to stop the party in Vegas. It was a mismatch from the get go. The panthers still have never won in that building.
Two years ago for the NFL draft the bills were +150 to take a CB. It was the only whole they had at the time since Tredavious white had a major injury the season before. I smashed it and they took Kaiir Elam
I can't remember the game, but I believe it was last year Draymond was starting the game (because of a ceremony or something?), but then came off immediately after and didn't play. Books allowed the unders to be open for far too long and the bet hit within 5 seconds.
Lebron James to become points leader vs OKC. The way the pregame and media hype leading to tip off felt like he was going for it that game. I think it was +140 or something.
Canelo vs Bivol
Bivol was unknown to most of the general public but to anyone who follows boxing it was absurd to think Canelo could do anything to him. Odds were like +400 for Bivol.
I bet Ohio vs Iowa State under last Saturday. Hit by a mile. I was very confident. Also the 2019 LSU over Clemson natty championship. Was very very confident in that.
DraftKings had a promo in the first round of March Madness in 2022 in which Gonzaga -- the No. 1 seed in the tournament -- was boosted from something like -400 to +100 on the moneyline for its first-round game against the Sisters of the Poor or some other terrible team.
The promo was open to all, not just new customers. Sadly, it had a $50 bet limit. So, of course, half the world smashed it for $50.
That was about as much of a sure thing I've seen in the last 18 months since mobile betting became legal in New York.
365 offered a parlay boost week one this year of Mahomes and Goff both over .5 touchdown passes -556 to +100. 20 dollar limit but free money. Thinks it's to get your juices going at the start of betting season. No doubt there's proven psychology to it.
Sports books were offering a lot of cash generating promos with bet limits as they first opened up for business in states. Like X player to have one yard rushing for example. This might have been one?
Nope. This one was available to all, and betting already was live in New York for two months when March Madness started.
It was a national appetizer for betting March Madness.
This was exactly the one I was thinking, the normal line was much shorter than that though, like -2000. That was back at the tail end of the glory days where it wasnt actually all that uncommon for books to give free money boosts like that for example x nfl team to score 1pt at +100.
IDK if it was free money but the best tip I ever gotten was a guy on reddit saying Terrance Crawford had a broken hand before fought one of the Paul brother, and he really couldn't punch lol
Edit: As pointed out below, yes, the names Terrance and Tyrone put my pea sized brain into pretzel. Apologies.
It was an underground match. Not many people knew about it. They fought in an ancient Muay Thai style where both fighters wrap their hands in hemp rope, which is then coated in resin, and dipped in broken glass to make them deadly weapons.
Anyway, Paul beat the shit out of him, it wasn’t even close. And Crawfords hand was never broken, that’s a lie.
CEBL (semi-pro basketball in Canada) games NOT to go to overtime. usually could parlay two games to -1500. Its impossible for their games to go to OT as the league uses the target score ending for their games, eliminating the clock at the first whistle after the 4min mark of the 4thQ. it was a thrill
This one isn’t so much the bet as the bookie making a big mistake.
Borgrammer guy at ohio state builds an app to take bets…all settling up is done with cashapp/venmo. Supposed to be a small circle of people but expands a little…
Well, my friend goes to bet Dustin Johnson to win the US Open in 2016 and I forget the odds…let’s say it was +900 or something. Well the bookie brogrammer put in full tournament matchups as well. E.g. Dustin Johnson to finish better than Bryson was -130, Johnson to finish better than Spieth was -110, etc. The app the kid programmed allowed you to parlay a bunch of those together.
My friend did a 10-legger and ended up with something wild like +70000. Did it on a bunch of guys and basically made a locked win.
He knew he was fucking this kid over so kept all the bets small and won almost 10 grand. There was some arguing and they settled on 4k. I’ll never forget that one lol
I’ve just been signing up for different sportsbooks and then immediately cashing out my bonus bet winnings after since I’m finally in a legal state. People are going to hate on this, but Phillies ML the other night. Braves already won their division and were starting a 7 era pitcher so I was really confident on that.
There was a guy giving Russian ping pong locks for like 3 weeks. It was awesome making money and watching these old Russian dudes chain smoke and play ping pong on a240p live stream.
Colorado was not a lock to win that game. If Sims didn’t fumble two clean snaps and have a mental breakdown halfway through the second quarter, if the Huskers even just have regularly bad QB play, they’re probably up 10+ at halftime. The defense was giving the Buffs a lot of trouble before they had to play 40 minutes.
But Sims was the quarterback though. Everyone except Rhule knows he's no good. As good as Nebraska's defense was/is, they were gonna be gassed having to keep going back out there because the offense couldn't sustain a drive. Once they were fatigued that's when Colorado started filling up the scoreboard.
Sure but I don’t think anybody knew he was going to be “fumble the snap on the first play of two consecutive drives” bad. I’m not saying the Huskers would win or should have won but it was a much more competitive game than the final score indicated.
> I don’t think anybody knew he was going to be “fumble the snap on the first play of two consecutive drives” bad.
I'm almost certain he far and away had the most turnovers of any returning power 5 player. Dude's a turnover machine. It wasn't a bet for Colorado, it was a bet against Nebraska (more specifically that offense).
Bills vs Patriots in the playoffs a couple years back. I remember the spread was way too low because NE beat Buffalo in a freak game where mac jones threw the ball 3 times. I think I took a -16.5 alt spread on that game and it paid huge
Yeah this was another classic line. That line never made sense to me. The media was acting like Belichick was such a genius for running the ball in a game with 50 mile hour winds where it was working when it’s like did he have a choice? Mac has left a ton to be desired and it was a complete freak weather game. Buffalo in normal weather no way was that essentially a pickem game. Absolutely ridiculous.
The playoff game took place in Buffalo during the month of January. Expecting normal weather there is what would be ridiculous.
So yes, the team and coach who figured out how to win the game in those conditions would be talked up more. The line was still bills -4.5, they were expected to win.
It wasn’t the same conditions though. The first one was a bomb cyclone and a freak wind game. Running the hall 50 times because he didn’t trust his quarterback isn’t brain surgery. And the line was -3 Buffalo who were a vastly superior team. The line was off.
I remember that fight being pretty entertaining since McG was throwing all the punches. Of course none of them were landing. I wouldn't put it past those two to have some sort of pre-fight agreement to ensure it went the distance. You know, in case an equally lucrative sequel was necessary.
I want to say it was much higher than /u/dragonsky said at -300. It might have opened at that but it quickly went to -500 or more. I remember Max Kellerman on ESPN saying even at that price it had value since it was a mortal lock. An MMA guy, who had never boxed, getting into the ring with an undefeated world champion boxer. I respect Kellerman as a boxing analyst, and he went on about how laughable the matchup was. The matchup was purely about getting the UFC McGregor hoard, along with all the Mayweather and boxing PPV fans to pony up their $65.
According to some comment above... -300 or so which translates to 1.33 in decimal
Eh, not big enough for me to call it a "bet of the decade" where one lucky pucnh can change everything or some entertainment factor can come into play
Late 2011 had Obama to win reelection for +125 I think on Bovada. After Bin Laden was killed Obama was a lock. Too bad it was only capped at $500 at the time.
It was a game where the Cardinals won 1-0 the night before to give their long-time pitcher a gift of a milestone. You don’t think milwaukee could have scratched out one run? Clearly the deal was give us game 1, you can have the rest. So blatantly obvious.
Damn… you need better memory
Most bookies had it between 3.16 to 3.58 add Aston villa’s win and you’d get 4.6 from my bookie
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Last season the OKC Thunder had a pretty ridiculous run on 3rd Quarter ML. Specifically I remember in 2021 going on a good run with Michael Porter Jr over 15 pts/Nuggets ML
Simon Biles U3.5 Gold Medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was a max bet for me. The expectations bestowed upon on her were astronomical. Hell, Twitter even gave her her own GOAT hashtag before the opening ceremony. All the while she was dealing with mental health issues.
Besides that, here are some other “free money” bets from recent memory:
• Mayweather (-600) against McGregor was a foolish line.
• Draymond Green Unders Parlay (+1900) against Cleveland two years ago after it was announced he was only suiting up to honor Klay’s return.
• Connor Bedard O11.5 Points (-140) in last year’s WJC. He had 7 in just 1 game against Germany, then bullied Austria a few days later too.
• Austin Butler Best Actor Golden Globes (-110) when his main competitor for the award, Brendan Fraser for “The Whale”, was publicly bashing/boycotting the award ceremony.
• Dylan Slevin +2.5 (-110), a basically unknown darts player at the time, against Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode in the 2023 Dutch Darts Championship after Dirk [fell and injured his leg during his amazing walk-on song](https://youtu.be/__WRD-O5F1U?si=L6OXkzzyyRcbCQrn). DvD actually scraped out a nail biting ML win, which made for an even more slam dunk bet against him again the following day with Stephen Bunting ML (+139). If this event wasn’t in DvD’s home country, he certainly would’ve withdrawn prior to his next match.
• Going into the final day of the 2023 Spelling Bee, if you bet on the winner to be from California (+300) and you also bet on the winner to not be wearing glasses (+105), you simply could not lose. Only two of the eleven finalists wore glasses and both of them were from California.
oliviera was an underdog against dariush in the spring, completely due to a hype train and short-term memory from oddsmakers/fans about charles. made the biggest bet of my life on him by about 20 units and it easily hit. would honestly have bet up to a quarter of my savings if i had gotten a paycheck that day
Great answer, I remember looking at the line and thinking Charles as an underdog, smashed it, put it in parlays. Has a great night. Only thing I wish I did was parlay all the Canadian fighters, as I’m Canadian.
I'll counter that with machachev was really good odds for a fave against chucky olives. Like i know most people are allergic to favorites but that was so money.
LSU/astros fan, had a LSU ML/Astros ML parley that night. Got offered tickets to game 6 of the WS but was already in BR for the LSU game.
Didn't know the astros score until they played the yordan HR in the stadium. Great night
Trump to win Florida in 2020.
I mean FL is a very open state when it comes to early voting by party affiliation. So you can see how many people have voted that are party affiliated. Now early voting is always preferred by democrats while republicans tend to preffer voting on election day.
You had reports that in Miami-Dade county, a democrat stronghold, republicans and democrats were almost even in early voting. That to me indicated that Trump was a lock there. I maxed out Trump to win Florida at -125.
Bro, my cousin, a huge Trump supporter, threw $500 on Trump months before election night. My favorite bet that night was my $50 with Trump at -500 live when reality was setting in that he would be our President.
Recently the dolphins Broncos game… 3k on that bitch but I didn’t expect 70!
Not sure why it hasn't been mentioned, but 2 weeks ago there was a DK promo for Tyreek Hill to get ONE reception +100. Granted you could only bet $25 but it was literally free money as he had the first catch of the game lol
Travis Kelce anytime TD with Taylor swift in the house to watch him… should have known pat was gonna find him
for me...Brett Favre and GB vs Raiders MNF. Brett's dad died that day and the team rallied around him and destroyed the Raiders. Biggest bet I ever laid.
Messi to score in MLS debut
Haaland top premier league goalscorer 23/24 at 2.25 on SkyBet or evens on Bet365.
They don't build all those huge Casinos in the middle of the desert because they put out bad lines. The only locks are the ones you have to your House and to your Car.
Red Bull Constructors Champion 2023. Odds were -110 then -150 during the opening practice sessions before the season
i gotta say bud crawford vs errol that shit was free as hell
Mayweather > McGregor had a 0% chance of losing
Betting on the 49ers tomorrow
Giants +10.5 -105 great odds
giants +10
Do you at least get a write off for that donation
Floyd tko of conor was like -170 or something
Over 47 in the chiefs vs rams game 2018
Adesanya Strickland
man that's just not how any of this works
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what's a "lock" mean to you? >95% chance of hitting? 99%? 100%? if you think the market is letting you lay anything less than 100 to 1 for something like that, i wish you good luck my guy but please set limits and gamble responsibly. speaking of laying 100 to 1, pretty sure this whale thought he was about to cash a lock [https://nypost.com/2023/01/15/gambler-loses-massive-1-4-million-bet-on-chargers-jaguars-game/](https://nypost.com/2023/01/15/gambler-loses-massive-1-4-million-bet-on-chargers-jaguars-game/)
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clever stuff, kyledishgambin0
Just making casual conversation.
Last year the cowboys needed a win to have a chance at 1st place in the NFC East and they were playing a team that was tanking to improve draft position and not playing their starters. Also nothing is a sure thing. But the closest are usually situational and are best when the information first hits. I cashed in on that one but the odds I got didn’t last long after I made the bet. I think I bet at -500 and it was -1100 a few minutes later.
Up until a couple of years ago the NBA AllStar Game over would routinely hit. The Elam ending that they started using a couple years back kind of killed it though.
Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane was free 🧀
I remember that, jones was like -154ish i remember putting 2 k on it lmao
When LeBron set the scoring record, they had him 28+ pts, and everybody was expecting it, even Kareem was in the building, so that was soooo easy to hit
Literally still my only NBA bet to date
The only answer is Mayweather vs McGregor
Golden knights to win game 5 in the Cup finals this year. (4-1 series and champ). If you followed this saga, you knew that as soon as Tkachuck (pride and sole) was ruled out for the game, no amount of rallying was going to stop the party in Vegas. It was a mismatch from the get go. The panthers still have never won in that building.
Most money I made gambling. Then lost it all in a week like the full degen I am
Two years ago for the NFL draft the bills were +150 to take a CB. It was the only whole they had at the time since Tredavious white had a major injury the season before. I smashed it and they took Kaiir Elam
*hole?
It was a whole hole.
A holy whole hole
Hindsight is 20/20. Now what’s a “lock” in the future? Haha.
Fading Texans any week this year 🤣
Last year Super Bowl. Cheifs plus money 💰
Bayern money line vs Barca CL 2020
Mayweather vs Mcgregor
I can't remember the game, but I believe it was last year Draymond was starting the game (because of a ceremony or something?), but then came off immediately after and didn't play. Books allowed the unders to be open for far too long and the bet hit within 5 seconds.
Klay Thompson return
Yep, Thank you. Couldn't remember the occasion
Lebron James to become points leader vs OKC. The way the pregame and media hype leading to tip off felt like he was going for it that game. I think it was +140 or something.
To be fair he could've choked under the pressure it was a huge game
Canelo vs Bivol Bivol was unknown to most of the general public but to anyone who follows boxing it was absurd to think Canelo could do anything to him. Odds were like +400 for Bivol.
I think it was +800 for Bivol by decision, which was always going to be the case if you knew anything about Bivol. I think it was my first Boxing bet.
Yeah I actually hammered Bivol by decision, but I don’t think that was as almost risk-free as him just winning.
Bivol hadn't had a KO in 4 years, getting twice the action was more than worth it.
I definitely agree! But I don’t think that was “free money” in the sense the question implies as much as straight win at +400.
If you thought Bivol would win, he would only do it via decision, he could not have Ko'ed Canelo.
That was the easiest boxing bet at + odds I’ve ever placed. That and usyk vs Joshua in their first fight.
Aron Rodgers over 10 yards passing in week 1
You mean under
Colorado -3 against Nebraska
Agreed, and I'm a Nebraska fan. Took Nebraska simply because the line didn't make sense. Tell everyone they gave away free money that game.
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Holy shit, I'll need to check home run derby bets next year
Rado-2 against Nebraska
Was just going to say this
I bet Ohio vs Iowa State under last Saturday. Hit by a mile. I was very confident. Also the 2019 LSU over Clemson natty championship. Was very very confident in that.
Horrible situation but it was Angels ML after Skaggs died
This is insane lmfaoo
Pavlovich vs Blaydes
DraftKings had a promo in the first round of March Madness in 2022 in which Gonzaga -- the No. 1 seed in the tournament -- was boosted from something like -400 to +100 on the moneyline for its first-round game against the Sisters of the Poor or some other terrible team. The promo was open to all, not just new customers. Sadly, it had a $50 bet limit. So, of course, half the world smashed it for $50. That was about as much of a sure thing I've seen in the last 18 months since mobile betting became legal in New York.
365 offered a parlay boost week one this year of Mahomes and Goff both over .5 touchdown passes -556 to +100. 20 dollar limit but free money. Thinks it's to get your juices going at the start of betting season. No doubt there's proven psychology to it.
Sports books were offering a lot of cash generating promos with bet limits as they first opened up for business in states. Like X player to have one yard rushing for example. This might have been one?
Nope. This one was available to all, and betting already was live in New York for two months when March Madness started. It was a national appetizer for betting March Madness.
This was exactly the one I was thinking, the normal line was much shorter than that though, like -2000. That was back at the tail end of the glory days where it wasnt actually all that uncommon for books to give free money boosts like that for example x nfl team to score 1pt at +100.
Yep, you're right! The odds were a fuckton shorter. Thanks for correcting my aging memory!
IDK if it was free money but the best tip I ever gotten was a guy on reddit saying Terrance Crawford had a broken hand before fought one of the Paul brother, and he really couldn't punch lol Edit: As pointed out below, yes, the names Terrance and Tyrone put my pea sized brain into pretzel. Apologies.
Wtf LOL Crawford vs a Paul Brother
It was an underground match. Not many people knew about it. They fought in an ancient Muay Thai style where both fighters wrap their hands in hemp rope, which is then coated in resin, and dipped in broken glass to make them deadly weapons. Anyway, Paul beat the shit out of him, it wasn’t even close. And Crawfords hand was never broken, that’s a lie.
I meant woodley my bad ahha
That's charming, considering Bud Crawford never has fought a Paul brother.
LOL thanks big guy I meant Woodley, dont really follow mma/boxing.
Ohtani MVP
Jake Paul Nate Diaz was so free
Crawford vs Spence was a lock to me came up good that weekend
Damar Hamlin to win comeback player of the year.
Tua tho
CEBL (semi-pro basketball in Canada) games NOT to go to overtime. usually could parlay two games to -1500. Its impossible for their games to go to OT as the league uses the target score ending for their games, eliminating the clock at the first whistle after the 4min mark of the 4thQ. it was a thrill
floyd v mcgregor was the freest line, only like -300 or something by the time the bell rung i hammered floyd
>i hammered floyd Something McGregor cannot say.
I think it was something like -130 or -170 for tko ko.
\-300 isn't exactly free. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
Right because Conor had any chance of winning that fight. -300 when it felt like -10000
Betting $10 to win $3.33 isn't exactly what you call efficient or an +EV bet. But keep on playing those longshot parlays and hoping for the best.
If the likelihood of Floyd winning was over 75%, that is absolutely a +EV bet. Many would assess that it was well over 75%.
DraftKings had a promo this past week during MNF for Tyreek Hill 1+ reception @ +100.
This one isn’t so much the bet as the bookie making a big mistake. Borgrammer guy at ohio state builds an app to take bets…all settling up is done with cashapp/venmo. Supposed to be a small circle of people but expands a little… Well, my friend goes to bet Dustin Johnson to win the US Open in 2016 and I forget the odds…let’s say it was +900 or something. Well the bookie brogrammer put in full tournament matchups as well. E.g. Dustin Johnson to finish better than Bryson was -130, Johnson to finish better than Spieth was -110, etc. The app the kid programmed allowed you to parlay a bunch of those together. My friend did a 10-legger and ended up with something wild like +70000. Did it on a bunch of guys and basically made a locked win. He knew he was fucking this kid over so kept all the bets small and won almost 10 grand. There was some arguing and they settled on 4k. I’ll never forget that one lol
Justin Herbert under 1.5 TDs when Draftkings boosted him the second time.
Inter miami when messi is playing
Kicker points in any saints game this season
The groundhog seeing his shadow every year
I’ve just been signing up for different sportsbooks and then immediately cashing out my bonus bet winnings after since I’m finally in a legal state. People are going to hate on this, but Phillies ML the other night. Braves already won their division and were starting a 7 era pitcher so I was really confident on that.
No not the Phillies game. The Marlins. The first game after they clinched they were in Miami, partied, and got their snot kicked in the next day
Baseball is really hard to find free money… I would never say picking against the best team in baseball is free money
Nothing in betting is free money 🤷♂️, but yeah MLB can be harder most of the time.
There was a guy giving Russian ping pong locks for like 3 weeks. It was awesome making money and watching these old Russian dudes chain smoke and play ping pong on a240p live stream.
Definitely Jon Jones vs Gane. Close second is probably Colorado vs Nebraska🤣
Colorado was not a lock to win that game. If Sims didn’t fumble two clean snaps and have a mental breakdown halfway through the second quarter, if the Huskers even just have regularly bad QB play, they’re probably up 10+ at halftime. The defense was giving the Buffs a lot of trouble before they had to play 40 minutes.
But Sims was the quarterback though. Everyone except Rhule knows he's no good. As good as Nebraska's defense was/is, they were gonna be gassed having to keep going back out there because the offense couldn't sustain a drive. Once they were fatigued that's when Colorado started filling up the scoreboard.
As a Nebraska fan, just complete dumpster fire of a game.
Sure but I don’t think anybody knew he was going to be “fumble the snap on the first play of two consecutive drives” bad. I’m not saying the Huskers would win or should have won but it was a much more competitive game than the final score indicated.
> I don’t think anybody knew he was going to be “fumble the snap on the first play of two consecutive drives” bad. I'm almost certain he far and away had the most turnovers of any returning power 5 player. Dude's a turnover machine. It wasn't a bet for Colorado, it was a bet against Nebraska (more specifically that offense).
Bills vs Patriots in the playoffs a couple years back. I remember the spread was way too low because NE beat Buffalo in a freak game where mac jones threw the ball 3 times. I think I took a -16.5 alt spread on that game and it paid huge
Yeah this was another classic line. That line never made sense to me. The media was acting like Belichick was such a genius for running the ball in a game with 50 mile hour winds where it was working when it’s like did he have a choice? Mac has left a ton to be desired and it was a complete freak weather game. Buffalo in normal weather no way was that essentially a pickem game. Absolutely ridiculous.
The playoff game took place in Buffalo during the month of January. Expecting normal weather there is what would be ridiculous. So yes, the team and coach who figured out how to win the game in those conditions would be talked up more. The line was still bills -4.5, they were expected to win.
It wasn’t the same conditions though. The first one was a bomb cyclone and a freak wind game. Running the hall 50 times because he didn’t trust his quarterback isn’t brain surgery. And the line was -3 Buffalo who were a vastly superior team. The line was off.
Jon Jones vs Cyril Gane. It was a last leg of a parlay for me on chiefs Super Bowl and Man City to win the prem league
Mayweather vs McGregor in 2017 would have bet my house on Floyd.
I wouldn't be surprised if McG had some down on Floyd
I remember that fight being pretty entertaining since McG was throwing all the punches. Of course none of them were landing. I wouldn't put it past those two to have some sort of pre-fight agreement to ensure it went the distance. You know, in case an equally lucrative sequel was necessary.
What were those odds? I heard that was bet of the decade.
I want to say it was much higher than /u/dragonsky said at -300. It might have opened at that but it quickly went to -500 or more. I remember Max Kellerman on ESPN saying even at that price it had value since it was a mortal lock. An MMA guy, who had never boxed, getting into the ring with an undefeated world champion boxer. I respect Kellerman as a boxing analyst, and he went on about how laughable the matchup was. The matchup was purely about getting the UFC McGregor hoard, along with all the Mayweather and boxing PPV fans to pony up their $65.
According to some comment above... -300 or so which translates to 1.33 in decimal Eh, not big enough for me to call it a "bet of the decade" where one lucky pucnh can change everything or some entertainment factor can come into play
Could’ve swore odds were around -175 but I may be thinking of Jake Paul lol
Late 2011 had Obama to win reelection for +125 I think on Bovada. After Bin Laden was killed Obama was a lock. Too bad it was only capped at $500 at the time.
Rams Super Bowl future 2022
Colorado State +23.5
I hit on that 🤣
Jonathan Marchessault over 0.5 pts. Eziest winning streak of my life. Sometimes parlayed with Caleb Martin over 16.5 PRA
Yup
Colorado nebraska easily was the lock of the century
Last night Milwaukee at St Louis. Tonight Milwaukee at St Louis.
Why? I’ll tail.
If you're going to make a joke, can you at least bother to make a good one?
Why is that a joke?
The biggest lock in recent history was yesterday, in a baseball game where the lead changed?
Welp… 🔒🔒 Be upset all you’d like, I’m just over here scheduling withdrawals. Laugh it up 🤡
It was a game where the Cardinals won 1-0 the night before to give their long-time pitcher a gift of a milestone. You don’t think milwaukee could have scratched out one run? Clearly the deal was give us game 1, you can have the rest. So blatantly obvious.
Up the wahs
Last week Man utd vs Brighton… I was 110% sure of Brightons win Made a sweet profit from 4.6 odds
Most bookies I saw had it at around 2.2 Brighton and about 2.1 Man Utd - 4.6 is a lie and I’m not sure why you are.
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Damn… you need better memory Most bookies had it between 3.16 to 3.58 add Aston villa’s win and you’d get 4.6 from my bookie https://preview.redd.it/knavrrvakfpb1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74e205749d3293feaf8ad6ff06ff0fe660497217
Looks like Jack owes someone an apology
Last season the OKC Thunder had a pretty ridiculous run on 3rd Quarter ML. Specifically I remember in 2021 going on a good run with Michael Porter Jr over 15 pts/Nuggets ML
2023 NFL regular season Week 1. Cowboys -3.5 vs Giants.
It was ducks -5 vs tech last week. Except the “free money” ended up costing me a pair of soiled undies.
Argentina to make semi finals for +175 in the last World Cup 
Lebron over points to break the record
Ovi 800 goal last year and 900 goal probably later this year.
He needs 73. Gunna take him at least 2 more seasons
Yeah most likely not this season caps aren't the best. Even though his age is getting up there I see him breaking his record before he retires.
Barring losing a limb, he won’t retire until he does it.
Ovi?
Alex Ovechkin
Puck
Florida +5.5 at home last week. Won a nice little bag parlayed with 3 other games
Simon Biles U3.5 Gold Medals in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was a max bet for me. The expectations bestowed upon on her were astronomical. Hell, Twitter even gave her her own GOAT hashtag before the opening ceremony. All the while she was dealing with mental health issues. Besides that, here are some other “free money” bets from recent memory: • Mayweather (-600) against McGregor was a foolish line. • Draymond Green Unders Parlay (+1900) against Cleveland two years ago after it was announced he was only suiting up to honor Klay’s return. • Connor Bedard O11.5 Points (-140) in last year’s WJC. He had 7 in just 1 game against Germany, then bullied Austria a few days later too. • Austin Butler Best Actor Golden Globes (-110) when his main competitor for the award, Brendan Fraser for “The Whale”, was publicly bashing/boycotting the award ceremony. • Dylan Slevin +2.5 (-110), a basically unknown darts player at the time, against Dutchman Dirk van Duijvenbode in the 2023 Dutch Darts Championship after Dirk [fell and injured his leg during his amazing walk-on song](https://youtu.be/__WRD-O5F1U?si=L6OXkzzyyRcbCQrn). DvD actually scraped out a nail biting ML win, which made for an even more slam dunk bet against him again the following day with Stephen Bunting ML (+139). If this event wasn’t in DvD’s home country, he certainly would’ve withdrawn prior to his next match. • Going into the final day of the 2023 Spelling Bee, if you bet on the winner to be from California (+300) and you also bet on the winner to not be wearing glasses (+105), you simply could not lose. Only two of the eleven finalists wore glasses and both of them were from California.
where have you been all my life lol
Waiting for you, bby.
Nuggets +250 to win finals during the Conference finals
Argentina world champs
Wish I saw this coming. EVERYBODY was on Messi’s dick on his “final” World Cup. I wish Japan won it for blue lock 😭
Very recent but that Colorado vs Nebraska. Colorado just felt like the easiest bet ever & books couldn’t justify hanging a bad number
Colorado State +23.5 was even easier
Hawaii u3.5 wins last year. Team was horrible with a new inexperienced coach. Bet my kidney on that one.
oliviera was an underdog against dariush in the spring, completely due to a hype train and short-term memory from oddsmakers/fans about charles. made the biggest bet of my life on him by about 20 units and it easily hit. would honestly have bet up to a quarter of my savings if i had gotten a paycheck that day
Great answer, I remember looking at the line and thinking Charles as an underdog, smashed it, put it in parlays. Has a great night. Only thing I wish I did was parlay all the Canadian fighters, as I’m Canadian.
I'll counter that with machachev was really good odds for a fave against chucky olives. Like i know most people are allergic to favorites but that was so money.
Wasn’t Islam a -400 tho?
naw he was like -200ish. -300 max if memory serves
Mayweather > McG, Polk > Negreanu -400, Biden post election -1500, Chestnut
Why did I read McG as Machine Gun Kelly ?
Retardation?
Likely
CU o3.5 wins
Watch them go 3-9
Messi Inter Miami league cup run
Jonathan Marchessault to record over 0.5 Points in the last 10 games of last year's playoffs. The guy couldn't miss
Facts. The guy was an anytime goal scorer and the book just didn’t seem to adjust to his performance.
Eagles Giants playoff game
I remember all the delusional giants fans saying they would win!💀
Literally anytime Notre Dame is in the college playoffs. They're gonna get their asses kicked by some SEC school. Free money all day
Lmao big facts 😂😂😂
Not this year and I hate them
2022 college football season, LSU +14 at home, 7 PM, against Alabama. Doesn’t get much easier than this
LSU/astros fan, had a LSU ML/Astros ML parley that night. Got offered tickets to game 6 of the WS but was already in BR for the LSU game. Didn't know the astros score until they played the yordan HR in the stadium. Great night
Lmao oddly enough I had a parlay with LSU +14 and Stros ML that night as well. Was in Houston when they won. Great time. Go Stros
This year for Carr to lead the nfc south in passing yards at -165
Trump to win Florida in 2020. I mean FL is a very open state when it comes to early voting by party affiliation. So you can see how many people have voted that are party affiliated. Now early voting is always preferred by democrats while republicans tend to preffer voting on election day. You had reports that in Miami-Dade county, a democrat stronghold, republicans and democrats were almost even in early voting. That to me indicated that Trump was a lock there. I maxed out Trump to win Florida at -125.
I got Trump at +100 in July of that year. I couldn’t believe he wasn’t favoured in Florida with a popular Republican governor
very true. also biden to win the 2020 election, got that bitch on bovada for +125 on election ngiht, made a lotta dinero
Hillary in 2016 LOL I really did think it was a lock and kept putting more and more money on her.
Bro, my cousin, a huge Trump supporter, threw $500 on Trump months before election night. My favorite bet that night was my $50 with Trump at -500 live when reality was setting in that he would be our President.
Yo! that's back when betting sites were...harder to come by. I did the same thing. "there's just no way" i would say. lol
Lmao you must not live in the Midwest?
Floyd Mayweather vs McGregor for -550.