Bettor used a savvy cashout on his Nuggets bet to attend Game 1 of the NBA Finals
Last week, we came across one of the most head-scratching early cashouts by a bettor on Reddit and used it as an example of what not to do with $70,000 on the line.
Today, we have an example of a good cashout.
Via B/R Betting, Instagram user Lukas Arthur took the early cashout option on his bet for the Nuggets to win the NBA Finals, which seems counterintuitive because the Nuggets are clear favorites over the Miami Heat and Arthur got their odds in April when they were still +1100. But he had a good reason to take the $700 payout.
Arthur used the money to go to Game 1 on Thursday.
Cashing out your future to get a ticket to the first game of the NBA Finals is EPIC
(IG: lukasarthur_11/@DKSportsbook) pic.twitter.com/1XdpANtQMs
— br_betting (@br_betting) June 2, 2023
Not only did Arthur get to go to a finals game to see his favorite team, the sacrifice was only about $500.
His original bet was $100, which would have paid out $1,200 at those odds. And while that absolutely would have been a sweet win, I’d say the extra $500 was well worth it for what was probably the experience of a lifetime.
Well done.