NBA bettor cashes out $1.7 million Thunder parlay for $80,000: 'Don't think I can take anymore'

Commercial Content 21+ Wayne Shelton is a single father who just became $80,960.17 richer after an impressive $100 bet was cashed out by the bettor. The three-leg parlay, placed at DraftKings Sportsbook , had winning legs of the Texas Rangers to win the World Series (22/1) and the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl (+600) but it all hinged on the Oklahoma City Thunder — the top seed in the Western Conference — winning the NBA Finals (70/1). The $100 bet would've won slightly north of $1.7 million if he rode it out and the Thunder got some good luck en route to an NBA Finals victory. “One hell of a ride, I got to go to a playoff game in OKC,” Shelton said in a video he posted to X on Tuesday . “And