How to Make Lotto Ticket Parlays like These Two DraftKings Bettors

To see long-term success in sports betting, a bettor needs to display patience and resolve to maintain an enjoyable experience over time. That doesn’t mean we can’t have a little extra fun sometimes and target some crazy plus-money parlays for a big payout, and for two lucky DraftKings bettors, that came to fruition.

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They each cashed a parlay with six-digit odds over the weekend on bets of just $0.10 and $0.20, showing how high-risk parlays can still turn a healthy profit if a bettor is responsible, risks a low wager and gets a touch of help from the gambling gods. It doesn’t hurt to have a little extra padding in your bankroll either, which you can get by signing up at DraftKings where new users will score $150 in bonus bets after just a $5 wager.

We’re going to break down how these two big tickets cashed, before showing you how you can craft your own lotto ticket parlays with an edge over the books below.

Two Bettors Cash Massive Longshot Parlays

The two parlays checked in at five legs for +572311 and 10 legs for +670559. To illustrate how big of a payout that is, a $10 bet on the five-leg parlay would have paid out winnings of $57,231.10!

The five-leg, +572311 parlay:

This bettor used a popular MLB market on DraftKings to craft their winning ticket, the 1st 5 Innings/Moneyline combo. When you make this wager, you’re betting the result after both the first five innings *and* the winner at the end of the game. You can do any combo of the two teams or a tie (first 5 only), but if either of those fails to happen, the full bet will be a loss. Here’s the play:

• Rockies @ Mariners – F5 Tie/Mariners Win (+750)
• Brewers @ Padres – F5 Brewers/Brewers Win (+265)
• Mets @ Athletics – F5 Tie/Mets (+900)
• Pirates @ Cardinals – F5 Pirates/Cardinals (+800)
• Braves @ Royals – F5 Braves/Braves (+105)

Quite the call here, as this bettor used multiple ties in the first five innings, as well as a Pirates/Cardinals head-to-head split to ultimately cash this big winner.

Final payout: $0.10 to win $572.41

The 10-leg, +670559 parlay:

No special markets here, just a cross-sport parlay with multiple underdogs and spanning the course of the whole day.

• LA Lakers Moneyline
• MIA Heat Moneyline
• LA Clippers Moneyline
• DEN Nuggets Moneyline
• PHI Phillies Moneyline
• WAS Nationals Moneyline
• TEX Rangers Moneyline
• CHI Cubs Moneyline
• MIL Brewers Moneyline
• STL Cardinals Moneyline

That’s quite the ticket! Starting off with a Washington Nationals Moneyline bet with Patrick Corbin on the mound is a bold move, but it sure paid off. The Brewers scored their game’s lone run en route to a 1-0 victory, while the Lakers, Heat and Clippers all proceeded to pull off Game 1 upsets, before the Nuggets handled the Timberwolves easily to bring it home.

Final payout: $0.20 to win $1,341.31

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Things to know before betting longshot parlays

We need to note a few things before diving in. First things first, it is unrealistic to hit massive tickets like this regularly. The most we can do is make educated and informed decisions, which is why our predictive analytics model always identifies the edge in every bet.

Additionally, these two bettors responsibly bet a very small amount of money, literal cents, on these plays. It’s likely they also placed more than one variation of these parlays, going with the other result on a few legs, to have a slightly better chance at hitting, should one or more legs miss.

How to create longshot parlays

We at Dimers offer multiple tools to help you build your own versions of these tickets. You can start by heading to our Best Bets page, where you’ll find every Moneyline, Spread or Over/Under that DimersBOT has identified as having an edge in the odds.

This edge is represented by a percentage to show what our model has found to be mispriced odds. Rather than choose your parlay legs at random or based on gut feeling, we can show you which plays actually have a higher or lower probability to hit, as well as whether or not you’re getting fair odds from the sportsbook.

Another option you have is to utilize our Parlay Picker. This tool allows you to select several filters including bet type, risk factor and the number of legs (up to a maximum of six) and auto-generate a parlay based on the parameters you’ve selected. DimersBOT will identify the best legs with an edge and find the sportsbook that offers the best price.

You won’t find odds in the six digits with this feature, but coupled with our Best Bets, it will give you a strong starting point if you choose to build even further.

 

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