Pictured: Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets. Dustin Bradford/Getty Images.

FanDuel bettor wins $110K off NBA awards parlays

Originally posted on Action Network | Last updated 5/8/24

A FanDuel bettor is Nikola Jokic's biggest fan tonight.

The bettor, @RobBetThoo on X, formerly known as Twitter, had three separate tickets that correctly predicted the NBA's end of season awards.

He already cashed one parlay ticket Tuesday evening. That ticket had 76ers star Tyrese Maxey winning Most Improved Player (+145), Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault winning Coach of the Year (+800) and Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert winning Defensive Player of the Year (+550). The total payout on that parlay was $20,065.50.

Huge win let’s goooo pic.twitter.com/UgGmMnoAot
— RobBetThoo (@RobBetThoo) May 8, 2024

On Wednesday, the the final two tickets, both which needed Jokić to win MVP, cashed with the Joker getting his third MVP award in four years.

One ticket had a two-leg parlay with Maxey winning MIP (+1500) and Jokić winning MVP (+430), with a payout of $15,009.60. The final ticket featured a parlay of Naz Reid to win Sixth Man of the Year (+5500), Jokić to win MVP (+430) and Gobert to win DPOY (+1400). That ticket paid a whopping $75,016.20.

A key factor with these large payouts is the time these bets were placed. Two of the bets were made in August of last year, well before the season started. The third was made in November, just three weeks into the regular season.

As with any parlay, you need a lot of things to go right. Daigneault was named the league's top coach, but Shai Gilgeous-Alexander came in second in MVP voting. Reid was trailing in the race for Sixth Man of the Year behind Malik Monk before an injury ended Monk's season. In the end, Reid beat out Monk with 45 first-place votes to 43.

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