FanDuel Sportsbook took a $20 million wash from sharp players after offering 200:1 odds that every team in the NFL’s Week 2 Sunday afternoon slate would make a field goal.
The prop bet parlay, promoted by the sports gambling app, was that if every team playing in the games starting at 1 p.m., 4:05 p.m., and 4:25 p.m. made at least one field goal, bettors would win.
Since each of the 24 teams made a field goal, FanDuel wrote in a post on X that it will be paying out over $20 million to the bettors who took the deal.
The parlay received extra attention thanks to gambling influencers on social media, like X poster @JDGoldboys.
At around 10 a.m. Sunday, he posted that the bet was worth a dollar. The post has since garnered 2.3 million views on X. Later on Sunday, he revealed his own FanDuel winnings, a net gain of $318,300 after wagering $1,584 in two separate slips for the parlay.
The 200:1 odds in particular were attractive. At those odds, a $1 winning bet would net a $201 payout. @JDGoldboys pointed out that competitor app DraftKings had the same bet at a more modest 30:1 odds.
• Brad Matthews can be reached at bmatthews@washingtontimes.com.
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