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If you’re someone who regularly scratches a sports gambling itch, you’ve almost certainly been at the receiving end of a bad beat that saw your hopes and dreams crushed in the closing seconds of a game thanks to an unlikely comeback or some meaningless points put up by a player who wasn’t thinking about the spread when they scored an otherwise inconsequential basket or touchdown before the clock hit zero.
In some cases, you can also fall victim to a brutal twist of fate thanks to what someone failed to do, like the bettor who recently missed out on $14,000 after Daniel Jones tackled himself to prevent a touchdown and the many people who lost winnings that seemed to be in the bag before Browns kicker Cody Parker missed an extra point at the end of Cleveland’s victory over the Bengals on Sunday.
If we can learn anything from these moments, it’s that you should always keep the axiom “It ain’t over ’til it’s over,” in mind. Sure, it may not mitigate the disappointment entirely, but it’ll help soften the blow that comes with making the ill-advised decision to count your metaphorical chickens before the money-filled eggs officially hatch.
However, it turns out that’s not an entirely foolproof strategy as evidence by a lesson one person learned the hard way following yesterday’s Monday Night Football matchup between the Rams and the Bears. In a tweet shared by Action Network, it appeared the bettor had netted the $1 million jackpot in a fantasy contest only to walk away with $996,921.06 less than they thought they’d won after a post-game correction to Chicago’s sack totals dropped them down to sixth place.
Sometimes one play makes all the difference in the world…@DraftKings player robocles lost out on the $1 million prize after a post-game stat correction took a sack away from the Bears defense 🤮
(via @RotoGut | @DraftKings) pic.twitter.com/c06vElkett
— Action Network (@ActionNetworkHQ) October 27, 2020
My thoughts and prayers go out to them at this difficult time.