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1 bettor put down a staggering $400,000 for Victor Wembanyama to go to the Spurs

Betting on Victor Wembanyama to go first overall to the San Antonio Spurs in Thursday night’s 2023 NBA Draft was the layup of the evening.

It wasn’t the most prosperous wager to make with the odds as they were, but you could still clear a solid little windfall depending on how much you bet.

We already saw one bettor put $60,000 on Wemby’s draft positioning, but another better took the cake with placing an outrageous sum of money for a sure return.

Someone placed $400,000 on Wembanyama to go to the Spurs, which netted them a $2,000 return on the -20,000 odds.

Look, if you’ve got $400,000 to toy around with on a bet like this, more power to you. The payout was all but guaranteed.

Well, if you’re looking for an easy way to make $2,000, betting $400,000 on a generational prospect to go first in a sports draft isn’t a bad way to do it.

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