2025 Big Bets Report: Bettor Wins Nearly $850k on $15, 17-Leg Parlay

There’s a long-held cliché in sports betting, and it’s long-held because it’s true: Parlays are a bookmaker’s best friend.If you could access any sportsbook’s balance sheet, then you’d see the proof. On parlays, the win percentage for the house is huge.But that’s not to say a customer doesn’t come through with the occasional big win … or, massive win.For example: A Hard Rock Bet customer turned pizza money into more than $800,000 on Saturday.More on that wager, other profitable parlays and big bets as we recap NFL and college football betting this past weekend.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. FOX Sports could be compensated if you sign up for a service or make a wager. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports.Parlay PartayWhen you’re stringing together a 17-leg parlay, you’re not thinking it’s going to win. Or at least you shouldn’t be. At 7:06 am, a Hard Rock customer punched in a parlay based on college football point spreads or game totals. On Saturday morning ET, a Hard Rock client punched exactly such a parlay. It was all college football point totals and spreads. A $15 bet spread over the Big Ten, SEC ACC Big 12 Mountain West Sun Belt Conferences. The odds were a mountainous +5623171, which is a little more digestible as 56,000/1. As you would expect from a 17-leg wager, there were a few close calls. Acrimonious touchdowns in the last minute gave Indiana a 27-24 win — and secured the Over. An insanely acrobatic touchdown in the final minute gave the Hoosiers a 27-24 win — and secured the Over.Alabama -10.5 vs. LSU: The Crimson Tide got a late field goal to win 20-9, covering the spread by half a point.Florida-Kentucky Over 44.5: The Wildcats did all the work, winning 38-7 as the Over hit by half a point.Then there were these two legs: Syracuse +28.5 vs. Miami, and Vanderbilt -6.5 vs. Auburn.Syracuse trailed 38-3, but scored a touchdown with just 21 seconds left, losing by 28 (38-10) but covering the number by half a point.Vandy gave up a touchdown with 5:27 remaining in the fourth quarter, which tied the game at 38 and ultimately sent it to overtime. The Commodores got the ball first and scored a TD and the uber-critical extra point, then stopped Auburn to win 45-38.Another cover by half a point.That’s the kind of luck it takes to turn 15 bucks into … $843,475.72, as verified by a Hard Rock Bet representative Monday morning.When all was said and done on all 17 games involved, it was 11:33 p.m. ET Saturday. Not a bad payday for a 16.5-hour wait.Parlay Partay IIAt DraftKings Sportsbook, a customer used a $10 bonus bet — ostensibly a free ride — to compile a 13-leg parlay of almost exclusively anytime touchdown scorers. Daniel Jones had to pass for 250 yards or more. All twelve touchdowns came through. And Indiana Jones just barely got there in the Colts’ 31-25 overtime victory over the Falcons in Sunday’s first game, from Berlin, Germany.That overtime period is what allowed Jones to clear 250 yards, on a 33-yard pass to Tyler Warren. This gave Indianapolis QB 255 yards. The bet was huge at +2009826, or, in more readable terms, just under 20,098/1. So that bonus bet of not real money became $200,982.66 in real American cash.Keep It SimpleJonathan Taylor and Jahmyr Gibbs are two of the NFL’s top running backs. Taylor might even be making a case for MVP, with the season he’s having for the Colts.So why not take those two to stack up a bunch of touchdowns, on a two-leg parlay?A FanDuel Sportsbook customer did just that, putting $10 on Taylor to score three or more TDs vs. the Falcons, and the Lions’ Gibbs to do likewise against the Commanders.Taylor needed overtime to get there, but recorded his third TD on an 8-yard run that gave Indianapolis a 31-25 victory. Gibbs didn’t provide as much of a sweat, scoring his third TD early in the fourth quarter.At odds of +15900 (159/1), the bettor turned ten bucks into $1,590 profit (total payout $1,600).Let It Ride?Another FanDuel customer is heading for a Monday night sweat. The bettor put ostensibly pocket change — $3.06 — on a five-leg parlay of players to score the first touchdown.The first four legs got there on Sunday’s NFL slate. Now, the bettor just needs Saquon Barkley to score the first TD tonight, in the Eagles’ road game vs. the Packers.If that happens — and if the customer doesn’t decide to cash out first, for $2,248.56 — then that three dollars turns into a ridiculous $25,777.44.Also, a FanDuel, a mere $2 parlay on four first-TD scorers got there Sunday night. It took almost the entire first half for Steelers-Chargers to see a touchdown, but L.A. wideout Ladd McConkey found paydirt with 12 seconds left in the second quarter.That clinched the ticket, as two dollars became $4,071.60.Here’s Hoping You Had ItIt’s not all about making big bets or cashing out huge on 10-leg parlays, which, just to be clear, is rare. Sometimes it’s about putting 10 bucks on a single straight bet, backing a long shot or semi-long shot, and getting solid ROI.If you believed Giants rookie QB Jaxson Dart would find the end zone more than once Sunday, then you got a nice little payout. Dart had a 3-yard TD run in the second quarter and a 24-yard score in the third quarter of New York’s 24-20 loss to the Bears.At FanDuel, Dart was +1700 to score two or more touchdowns. A $10 bet will return $170. Or if you got a little friskier and put $100 on it, you’d be up $1,700.Bet Big, Win SmallThere’s been a trend this season, particularly in college football, of big bettors placing moneyline wagers on hefty favorites. This happened again with college football Week 11 betting odds. On the point spread, Notre Dame dominated Navy by more than four touchdowns on Saturday. The Fighting Irish were given moneyline odds of 5000 to win, no matter the margin. A customer at DraftKings chose to bet much more, putting in $250,000. It was no surprise that Notre Dame romped to a 49-10 win. And the bettor profited all of … $5,000, for a total payout of $255,000.Bad Beat/Cardiac CoverEntering the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Jaguars-Texans game, Jacksonville was comfortably ahead 29-10. It didn’t get so comfortable for Jags point-spread bettors over the final 15 minutes.Houston rallied for three touchdowns, taking a 30-29 lead on backup QB Davis Mills’ 14-yard run with 31 seconds left.But if you took Jacksonville +1.5 on the spread, then you were still good, covering by half a point. That is, until Jags QB Trevor Lawrence fumbled on the game’s final play.Texans defensive lineman Sheldon Rankins grabbed the ball midair and ran 32 yards for a touchdown. Houston wins and covers the wager 36-29. Halftime HappinessIt’s fun to sweat a bet when you win. Not so much when you don’t. A better alternative is not sweating at all and still winning.A FanDuel customer got just that Sunday, parlaying five anytime touchdown scorers — all playing games in the early window — and having all five hit paydirt before halftime.https://x.com/FDSportsbook/status/1987609991138742671?s=20Better still: The bettor wagered $50 at odds of +48629, then utilized a 25% profit boost to take the odds out to +60791, or about 608/1. This bettor earned a healthy $30,395.69 profit (total payout: $30,445.69). I Like Big Bets but Cannot LieMajor betting was done all weekend on NFL Week 10 odds as well as college football Week 11 odds. This $250,000 Notre Dame play was the largest wager reported. Other noteworthy big plays came from the high roller set: $100,000 Texas Tech -395 moneyline vs. BYU. The Red Raiders played like they were favorites in a 29-7 win. This bettor won $25,316.46 on a total payout of $125,316.46. $60,000 Falcons moneyline (+270) vs. Colts. Atlanta was on the verge of $162,000 for this bettor, but they lost 31-25 in extra time. Las Vegas almost pulled off an incredible Thursday night upset but lost 10-7. $50,000 Tulane moneyline +145 against Memphis. The Green Wave scored a 38-32-road upset and the bettor received $72,500. Be realistic with your bets and expectations. Enjoy Eagles vs Packers on Monday. Patrick Everson is a senior reporter at VegasInsider.com and a sports betting expert for FOX Sports. He is a distinguished sports betting journalist. He’s based in Las Vegas, where he enjoys golfing in 110-degree heat. Want great stories delivered straight to your inbox, follow him on Twitter: @PatrickE_Vegas. To receive daily personalized emails, create or log into your FOX Sport account and follow leagues teams and players!
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