- The Orlando Magic shocked the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday, winning the opening game of their first-round playoff series.
- One lucky bettor, who parlayed the Magic and it over in the second half, paid for $ 380,000, thanks to a meaningless three-pointer hit with only two seconds left in the game.
- When the Magic entered the game as 14-point underdogs, there were many other lucky bettors who paid on the long odds.
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The Orland Magic pulled off one of the biggest playoff upsets in recent memory on Tuesday with their win over the Milwaukee Bucks in the opening game of their first-round series.
The Magic entered the game as 14-point underdogs, and 9/1 underdogs to win the game instantly, meaning a $ 100 bet on them would win $ 900. Mar according to Darren Rovell of the Action Network, one lucky bettor put down a large parlay at rest and paid for nearly $ 400,000 on the final, meaningless shot of the game.
According to Rovell, a bettor at BetMGM placed a $ 25,000 parlay on the Magic to win the second half and for the total of the last two quarters to go over 115.
Eventually, the Magic would get away with the game, but most importantly for this bettor, winning the second half 60-58, won in both legs of the parlay for a cool $ 382,000.
—Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 18, 2020
Nothing counts but the final score, but it is worth noting that it was a senseless try at the end of the regulation that gave this bettor the points needed for the cash surplus.
When the Bucks followed up 122-107, with only 25 seconds left, Milwaukee took the ball up for what could have been the last ball. But when the shot clock ticked, Marvin Williams set up a try and drilled it, hitting the over for the second half and sending the lucky bettor home happily.
The final seconds of Tuesday’s Bucks-Magic game were tense for one bettor.
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In all contexts but this bet, Williams’ three were completely meaningless, but it was a six-figure payday for one bettor.
There were many other big winners of the Magic Surprise and bettors who supported Orlando to win instantly at long odds that were in the money.
—Ben Fawkes (@ BFawkes22) August 18, 2020
That said, the chances are great that for every big winner there is one who eats the bad beat at the other end of the sports book.
For anyone who decided to lay down the long odds, thinking the Bucks were a sure bet to win, it was a tough night.
—Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 18, 2020
Sports betting is a dangerous game, and as the big call proved on Tuesday, anything can happen when the opening tip goes out.
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