If you’re the kind of person who feels like a superstar when you win $20 on a scratch lottery ticket, then this one might not be for you. In the wake of Sergio Garcia’s incredible Masters win, we learned about an incredible bettor who won a staggering $41,773.92 on a $60 bet:
Sergio Garcia’s Masters win paid a gambler $42,000 on a $60 bet
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.
It took almost four months for this parlay to pay off, but it did big time. Back in February, he picked Rickie Fowler to win at +1600, which means his $60.02 bet would have paid $960 — not a bad day at the office.
By parlaying the bet on two golf tournaments, the odds went through the stratosphere — around a 13-time payout for getting both correctly, which the bettor did by picking extreme underdog Sergio Garcia to win the Masters.
Garcia was roughly the 10th favorite on most books, meaning this was a pretty big long shot. Now we’re all just envious of the skill to pull this off. I’ll be happy with my $20 from a scratch ticket.
