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Bettor wins $1.7M parlay after Spurs Game 7 victory: ‘All you gotta do is believe’

Nypost · · 498 words · By Malik Smith
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One sports bettor called his shot in February that the Spurs would win the Western Conference.

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What happened

One sports bettor called his shot in February that the Spurs would win the Western Conference.

Why it matters

His confidence and a well-timed $2,500 futures parlay paid off handsomely when the clock hit zero in Oklahoma City after Game 7 of the Conference finals.

Common ground

The bettor, known as the Parlay Prince on social media, won $1.7 million on a four-leg parlay at DraftKings Sportsbook that included Team USA men’s hockey team to win gold at the Olympics (+180), Michigan’s basketball team to win the national championship…

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/31/betting/bettor-wins-1-7m-parlay-after-spurs-game-7…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder were 2-0 in his career [in Game 7s]”
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The evidence provided for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander contains biographical and general stats, but does not mention his specific Game 7 win-loss record.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ... Shaivonte Aician Gilgeous-Alexander (/ ˈʃeɪ / SHAY; [1] born July 12, 1998), also known by his initials SGA, is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma C…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai_Gilgeous-Alexander
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web search NEUTRAL — Shai (pronounced "shy") is an American vocal R&B / soul quartet that rose to prominence in the 1990s. [1] The group met and formed on the campus of Howard University, influenced by the vocal stylings …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai_(band)
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web search NEUTRAL — Checkout the latest stats of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Get info about his position, age, height, weight, draft status, shoots, school and more on Basketball-Reference.com
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/gilgesh01.htm…
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Claim 2: “Before Game 6, the cash-out offer was $293,273.”
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The provided evidence confirms the bettor refused cash-out offers during Game 6 and 7, but the specific figure of $293,273 is not explicitly mentioned in the snippets provided.
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web search NEUTRAL — DraftKings ... DraftKings Inc. is an American gambling company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers sportsbook and daily fantasy sports (DFS) services. The company was originally launched in 2012…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DraftKings
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web search NEUTRAL — Sign up today and bet online legally and securely with DraftKings Sportsbook on mobile and desktop.
https://www.draftkings.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Download DraftKings Fantasy Sports by DraftKings on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like DraftKings Fantasy Sports…
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/draftkings-fantasy-sports/id71…
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Claim 3: “Before this year, Team USA’s hockey team had not won gold since 1980”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that in 2026, the United States won its first Olympic gold in men's ice hockey since 1980.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown. The Americans…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_men's_Olymp…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_men's_Olymp…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The USA Basketball Men's National Team, commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successfu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_men's_national_b…
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Claim 4: “the Spurs hadn’t been to the NBA Finals since 2014”
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Both Al Jazeera and NYPost independently report that the Spurs were making their first Finals appearance since 2014.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Antonio Spurs are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 1967, the franchise was founded in Dallas, Texas as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_San_Antonio_Spurs_seas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Wes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Antonio Spurs started playing in the NBA in 1976. They started drafting NBA players for first time in the 1977 NBA draft. In total, they have had 157 NBA draft picks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs_draft_histor…
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Claim 5: “that included Team USA men’s hockey team to win gold at the Olympics (+180), Michigan’s basketball team to win the national championship (+500), the Knicks to win the Eastern Conference (+330) and the Spurs to win the West (+850).”
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While the win is corroborated, the specific legs of the parlay (Team USA, Michigan, Knicks, Spurs) are not detailed in the provided evidence snippets, which only mention Team USA and the Spurs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Britt Ekland (born Britt-Marie Eklund; 6 October 1942) is a Swedish actress. She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including roles in The Double Man (1967), The …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britt_Ekland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Griffith London (né Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916), better known as Jack London, was an American novelist, journalist and activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American mag…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_London
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Penn Dayton Badgley (born November 1, 1986) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Dan Humphrey in The CW teen drama series Gossip Girl (2007–2012) and as Joe Goldberg in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_Badgley
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Claim 6: “Luke Kornet had a chase-down block on an Isaiah Hartenstein dunk”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and sports reporting, confirm Luke Kornet had a chase-down block on Isaiah Hartenstein in Game 7.
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web search NEUTRAL — Luke Kornet’s final line from Game 7 of the Western Conference finals: six minutes, 0-for-3 shooting, two points, four rebounds. Oh, and a block.
https://www.tsn.ca/nba/article/kornets-fourth-quarter-block-…
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web search NEUTRAL — chase down block on Isaiah Hartenstein by Kornet with under seven minutes remaining.[25]. Player profile.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kornet
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web search NEUTRAL — Inside Spurs center Luke Kornet's highlight block, 'the biggest play' of Game 7. The big man's chase-down block of Isaiah Hartenstein's dunk attempt shifted the momentum back to the Spurs at a crucial…
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs/article/spurs-luke-…
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Claim 7: “the Knicks’ Finals drought stretched back to 1999”
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Multiple independent sources (NYPost and Al Jazeera) confirm the Knicks had not reached the NBA Finals since 1999.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The New York Knickerbockers, commonly called the New York Knicks, are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Basketball …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Knicks
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 New York Knicks season was the 80th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On June 3, 2025, the Knicks fired head coach Tom Thibodeau after five seasons with…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_New_York_Knicks_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 New York Knicks season was the 79th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Knicks advanced to the 2024 NBA Cup knockout stage after winning East Group A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_New_York_Knicks_season
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Claim 8: “Michigan hadn’t won a national title since 1989”
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The provided evidence for Michigan consists of general state and university information, but does not mention basketball national championship dates.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Detroit ( dih-TROYT, locally also DEE-troyt) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from the Canadian city of Windsor, Ontari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michigan ( MISH-ig-ən) is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the wes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Michigan (UMich, U-M, or Michigan) is a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. It was founded in 1817 and is the oldest institution of higher education in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan
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Claim 9: “Entering Game 7... he was offered $612, 212.”
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Web search results explicitly mention the bettor was offered a $612K cash-out and refused it before Game 7.
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web search NEUTRAL — A bettor at DraftKings Sportsbook is one Spurs win away from turning a $2,500 futures parlay into a staggering $1.7 million payday. The $1.7M Spurs bettor isn’t taking the $612K cash out. He’s letting…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/29/betting/draftkings-bettor-is-o…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · Most impressively, this bettor refused to take the cash-out offer from DraftKings despite the Spurs facing elimination in Game 6 and Game 7.
https://www.aol.com/articles/bettor-wins-1-7m-parlay-2017130…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 31, 2026 · Most impressively, this bettor refused to take the cash-out offer from DraftKings despite the Spurs facing elimination in Game 6 and Game 7.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/31/betting/bettor-wins-1-7m-parla…
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Claim 10: “The bettor, known as the Parlay Prince on social media, won $1.7 million on a four-leg parlay at DraftKings Sportsbook”
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Multiple independent web sources (Yahoo Sports and other search results) confirm a bettor won $1.7 million on a parlay at DraftKings after the Spurs won Game 7.
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web search NEUTRAL — NBA playoffs 2026: 1 bettor wins $1.71 million on long-shot parlay after Spurs beat Thunder in Game 7. A bettor won $1.7 million after the Spurs won Game 7. Yahoo Sports. Knicks' historic 11-game stre…
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/fu-ing-legend-nerves-steel…
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web search NEUTRAL — The bet was a four-leg parlay, meaning all four bets needed to hit for the bet to win. If just one of the four bets would have lost, the whole bet would have been worthless. All the bettor’s picks wer…
https://www.benzinga.com/general/sports/22/08/28673202/one-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — DraftKings’ $1.7 million parlay was one of the top stories to follow during the conference finals. The +68,528 odds translated to a 0.15% implied chance and would pay $686.28 for every $1 wagered. Two…
https://www.covers.com/industry/draftkings-pays-1-point-7-mi…
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