Florida Panthers win Stanley Cup and price younger gambler greater than $270K
The Florida Panthers hoisted the Stanley Cup on Tuesday evening and price a current school grad greater than $270,000 after he narrowly missed on an extended shot, five-part wager that he positioned one yr in the past.
Drew Hirschman, 24, plucked down $13 believing that the Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB), Philadelphia Eagles (NFL), New York Liberty (WNBA), Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder (NBA) and Edmonton Oilers (NHL) would all win their titles.
He wanted to go 5-0 to win this DraftKings parlay and take dwelling $270,761.40, which had been wanting good for months.
- The dominoes started falling for Hirschman when the Liberty received an OT thriller within the a deciding Recreation 5 of the WNBA Finals, beating the Minnesota Lynx on Oct. 20 final yr.
- Then 10 days later, L.A. received the World Sequence by vanquishing the New York Yankees in 5 video games.
- Philadelphia grabbed the Lombardi Trophy, blowing out the two-time-defending champion Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, 40-22, within the Tremendous Bowl on Feb. 9.
- Oklahoma Metropolis leads the Indiana Pacers, 3-2, of their best-of-7 NBA last. Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is coping with a decrease proper leg harm and may not play in Wednesday evening’s Recreation 6 with OKC only one victory away from lifting the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
With Dodgers, Eagles, Liberty wins within the financial institution and OKC’s holding a robust edge, Hirschman’s hopes have been using on Edmonton.
However the Oilers, who received Recreation 4 in time beyond regulation, ran out of fuel and collapsed within the Video games 5 and 6, dropping these video games by scores of 5-2 and 5-1.
“It undoubtedly wasn’t the most effective feeling final evening,” Hirschman informed NBC Information on Wednesday.
However there’s no have to really feel badly for Hirschman, who made a collection of hedge bets to verify he got here away with no less than $75,000 in revenue even with out hitting the five-team parlay.
DraftKings jetted Hirschman, household and pals to varied video games in current weeks, making the expertise, even with Florida’s parlay-killing win, price it.
“Clearly, I wished the massive ticket to win,” Hirschman stated. “However with all of the hedges and stuff, I could not be mad in any respect about $13. I used to be a winner it doesn’t matter what.”
Hirschman, who lives in Rockland County, lately graduated from Binghamton College with a level in laptop engineering.
He is seeking to begin a profession in that subject, however is open to listening to provides in sports activities or gaming.
“I clearly, went to highschool for engineering,” Hirschman stated. “However I’ve had some attention-grabbing talks with individuals about probably moving into sports activities and playing. However even when I am going into that, I nonetheless have a ardour for engineering.”