Bettor Turns $5 into $84,565 with Week 2 NFL Parlay

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  • A Nevada bettor picked every NFL Week 2 winner straight-up, turning $5 into $84,565.
  • The win was part of a weekly pro football progressive jackpot offered by William Hill US.

A sports bettor in Nevada picked all 15 NFL winners in Week 2 to turn a simple $5 wager into a cool $84,565 payday.

According to William Hill US, the big winner won the sportsbook operator's Nevada Pro Football Progressive Jackpot via a weekly Progressive Card.

Congrats to the one winner of our Nevada Pro Football 🏈 Progressive Jackpot of $84,565! That's a very nice payout of 16,913 for 1.

The weekly Progressive Card is just $5 to play at any of our 108 Nevada Sports Books and on our Nevada Mobile Sports app. pic.twitter.com/poVBJ8hfez

— William Hill US (@WilliamHillUS) September 18, 2018

The rules of the contest include picking straight-up winners, as opposed to picks against the spread.

According to ESPN's Darren Rovell, the Minnesota Vikings-Green Bay Packers game, which ended in a tie, counted as a win for this bettor 


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Considering the jackpot heading into Monday Night Football's Seattle Seahawks-Chicago Bears game, we can't help but wonder whether the bettor hedged with the Seahawks moneyline, which closed around +190 (or $100 to win $190).

Either way, that's a return on investment we could all happily get behind.



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