Bettor Wins $52,611.43 After Making $5 Wager on 4-Team Soccer Parlay
Feb 3, 2021
Betting odds for NFL football's Super Bowl 55 are displayed on monitors at the Circa resort and casino sports book, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Want to know how you could have turned $5 into $52,611.43?
Oh, all you had to do was hit on a four-team soccer parlay with +1052129 odds on Jan. 31 like the following bettor:
Yeah, sure, you could ride with GameStop and Dogecoin and AMC. Or, you know, you could throw your money into the winds of sports parlays and hope it increases by astronomical amounts. Start researching the upcoming soccer schedule, folks.
2019 Europa League Final Odds: Chelsea Favored to Beat Arsenal
May 9, 2019
An English club will win the Europa League as Chelsea prepares to take on Arsenal in the final.
Although the May 29 match is expected to be a close one, oddsmakers currently list Chelsea as the favorite to take home the trophy:
Despite the struggles from Thursday, Chelsea have been slightly better than their Premier League rivals this season. The squad head into the final match of the league year with 71 points in 37 matches, four better than Arsenal.
On the other hand, these clubs have split the two head-to-head matchups against each other this season, each earning a win at home.
The familiarity and the close level of talent could lead to a tightly contested battle when they get together on a neutral field at Baku Olympic Stadium in Azerbaijan.
The result could come down to how the stars perform in that match as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang tries to outplay Eden Hazard in one last important battle of the season.
2019 Champions League Title Odds: Liverpool Favorite After Stunning Barcelona
May 7, 2019
If you didn't put any money on Liverpool winning the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League title prior to the Reds' second leg against Barcelona, then you probably missed the boat.
Liverpool trailed Barcelona 3-0 after the first leg but earned a 4-0 win at Anfield on Tuesday to advance to the UCL final 4-3 on aggregate. According to the Caesars sportsbook, they went from an 18-1 underdog to a 5-12 favorite to win their sixth European title.
According toOptaJose, only three times in Champions League history had a club thrown away a three-goal lead after the first leg of a knockout tie. Barcelona famously lost to Roma in last year's quarterfinals after throwing away a 4-1 advantage after the first leg.
Divock Origi book-ended Liverpool's improbable comeback. He scored their opener in the seventh minute and delivered the winner in the 79th minute after Trent Alexander-Arnold caught Barcelona napping on a corner kick.
BR Video
Now, Liverpool will face off with either Ajax or Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final on June 1. Ajax head into Wednesday's second leg in Amsterdam with a 1-0 lead.
Liverpool and Spurs have met twice in the Premier League this season, with the Reds winning 2-1 on each occasion. Tottenham also appear to be fading down the stretch a little bit based on their back-to-back 1-0 defeats to West Ham and Bournemouth in the Premier League.
Spurs have enough attacking talent to beat Liverpool on the counterattack, though, so they have more than enough to beat the Reds in a knockout final.
Ajax, meanwhile, have more than proven themselves by knocking Juventus and Real Madrid out of the Champions League.
Liverpool cleared a massive hurdle by beating Barcelona, but the job is far from over.
Europa League 2019: Updated Odds Ahead of Semi-Final Round
Apr 18, 2019
LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: Olivier Giroud of Chelsea reacts during the UEFA Europa League Quarter Final Second Leg match between Chelsea and Slavia Praha at Stamford Bridge on April 18, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
Premier League powerhouses Chelsea and Arsenal are the bookmakers' favourites to win this season's UEFA Europa League after each advanced to the semi-finals following wins on Thursday.
Maurizio Sarri's Blues are 5-4 frontrunners to win the competition after they beat Slavia Prague 4-3 at Stamford Bridge to round off a 5-3 aggregate result. They'll face Eintracht Frankfurt in the last four, with the German side priced as 6-1 underdogs with Caesars.
Arsenal edged Napoli 1-0 at the Stadio San Paolo in their second-leg showdown to win 3-0 across 180 minutes. They're second-favourites to London rivals Chelsea at 9-4, just ahead of semi-final opponent Valencia.
The bookmakers appear set on an all-English final looking most likely this season, though Valencia and Eintracht carry a lot of sway into the next stage and will have objections to those claims.
Europa League Winner Odds
Chelsea 5-4
Arsenal 9-4
Valencia 7-2
Eintracht Frankfurt 6-1
Chelsea's Road Back to UCL Looks Bright
After Sarri's first season in English football was beginning to look somewhat bleak, he's now restored some life in the Premier League's top-four race and has his side in a European semi-final.
They stand a good chance of defeating Eintracht in the next phase, although the Blues need to be wary of manager Adi Hutter's side, which he turned from an unlikely bunch of underdogs into a devastatingly capable team.
Beating the odds is what the Eagles have become accustomed to this term. Luka Jovic and Sebastien Haller have impressed with eight and five goals in the competition, respectively, and a 2-0 win at home to Benfica on Thursday showed superb resilience to draw 4-4 on aggregate to squeeze through on away goals.
This Frankfurt team may be venturing into unknown territory, but broadcaster Archie Rhind-Tutt showed what the foundation of a brilliant fanbase can help achieve:
15 minutes since the full time whistle...and counting... Team still celebrating with fans. pic.twitter.com/C1dRMmOxOu
The Bundesliga club could be a good pick for a fairytale success in that case, or perhaps Unai Emery will follow up his three Europa League triumphs at Sevilla with another title, this time in north London.
This could be the last point to catch the Gunners with any decent value at 9-4, and Emery has shown a particularly vicious streak in these phases of the tournament over the years, per Goal:
Arsenal manager Unai Emery has won 25 matches in the Europa League knockout stages – more than any other manager 👀#UELpic.twitter.com/HJ6MhLHlpJ
His Arsenal team have responded well to a mid-season lull that threatened to undo their campaign, and back-to-back wins at Napoli and Watford have helped reverse some torrid away form.
They face a Valencia team that's lost only once in their last 21 matches, however, not to mention carrying an unbeaten streak at home that dates back to November 2018.
Los Che are the other underdog pick for the semi-finals at 7-2, and it could be manager Marcelino Garcia Toral has the keys to unravel compatriot Emery's Europa League plans.
