Crazy Sports Bets That Won Major Money Prizes

There are many unbelievable stories of people winning money through sports betting. CNN reported on some of the craziest sports bets that have won major money prizes.

Fred Craggs won £1 million in 2008 by making an eight-horse parlay bet. He beat the 2,000,00, to-1 odds.

Mick Gibbs placed a 15-team parlay bet in 2001 that he won big. He bet on Australian Rules Football, rugby union, and cricket. All 15 of his selections won.

Gerry McIlroy bet that his son Rory would win the British Open within 10 years. Rory won the tournament in 2014. Gerry McIroy won a lot of money.

A man from Eastern Europe bet on the World Series between the L.A. Dodgers and Houston Astros and won $14 million. For the majority of people who choose to bet sports, the goal is simply to have fun and maybe make a few extra dollars.

A housewife from Kent, England, won over half a million pounds from a soccer accumulator bet in the early 2010s. She won £574,278 from the parlay bet.

Billy Walters won $3.5 million in 2012 after placing a bet on the New York Giants to win the Super Bowl. Other people have won big money by placing bets on sports.

50 Cent won a combined $1.5 million on two bets on the New York Giants. He is a long-time Giants fan. He's self-proclaimed the biggest Giants' fan in the world.

Franki Dettori won all seven races at Ascot in a single day in 1996. He's also won major money prizes for crazy sports bets.