Jamal Murray reached the 50-point mark on Sunday in the Denver Nuggets’ 129-127 loss to the Utah Jazz thanks to a three-pointer at the buzzer that was meaningless, given that the Jazz had the game in hand.
But as we know from the sports betting world, sometimes buckets like that aren’t meaningless. And that Murray shot ended up winning someone A LOT of money.
The spread of the game was Jazz minus-3.5 or 4, meaning Utah had to win by 3.5 or 4 points or more, and they were right there at 129-124 with seconds coming off the clock. Then the Murray three happened for a bad beat for many bettors:
Another bad beat 🚨
Jamal Murray backdoor cover for Nuggets +4 bettors pic.twitter.com/53As80LCc8
— br_betting (@br_betting) August 24, 2020
Oof. But per BetMGM, one gambler was very happy. From Yahoo Sports:
According to Elisa Richardson, head of communications and public relations at BetMGM, one client had two big bets on the Nuggets at +3.5. One was a $55,000 bet at -110 odds and the other was a $60,000 bet at -120 odds.
That bettor was looking at losing $115,000. Murray’s shot changed the loss to a $100,000 win. That $215,000 swing is inconceivable to most bettors. And surely there were plenty of people with Jazz tickets who were beside themselves, although probably not invested for six figures.
WOW!
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