Marco Piemonte could see it in Jeff Saturday’s play-calling. The Colts were about to blow a 33-point lead in Minnesota.
Indianapolis was passing on second down, choosing not to work the clock and the Vikings were finally starting to string some drives together.
With the Colts up 36-14, and the Vikes +700 live on the moneyline, Marco made his move. He jumped on Minnesota’s odds to finish off the largest comeback in NFL history and parlayed it with a few other picks he’d already tossed out on his 100x Club podcast; Browns ML, Dolphins +7, Jaguars +4, Raiders ML (+9191), dropping $31,000 to win $2.88 million.
It miraculously cashed, and the journey to get there was unlike any Marco had experienced. He found himself on the right side of three completely bonkers finishes that are still hard to comprehend 24 hours later.
“This parlay will go down as my best win ever,” Piemonte told BetFTW on Monday. “Three storybook comebacks and the most insane ending in the world that football has ever seen with the Raiders.”
From the comfort of the his suburban Chicago home, Marco watched his 12th successful million dollar parlay of the year cash surrounded by a few friends and a representative from DraftKings. The moment the Patriots inexplicably lateraled a win to Las Vegas was captured by Betr and shows Piemonte’s appropriately stunned reaction.
(WARNING: There’s NSFW language in the video below)
MILLION DOLLAR MARCO DOES IT AGAIN!🤯🔥@Marco_Parlay is the best in the game hands down💰 pic.twitter.com/IZOKuY2SoT
— betr (@betr) December 19, 2022
“I thought I was going to pass out when [Chandler Jones] was running to the end zone,” Piemonte said.
If the end of the Raiders game was pure joy, the Jaguars-Cowboys game was pure exhaustion.
Piemonte thought he was cooked after Dallas went up 27-10 in the third quarter. Then Jacksonville scored three straight touchdowns to bring him back to life before a wild pick-six in overtime brought him one leg from nearly $3 million.
“That was the most excruciating game,” Piemonte said. “At least get me to the [afternoon] games. Don’t cut my day now. When that game was over it was a surreal feeling.”
That’s not to say things got any easier for him while the Raiders were battling the Pats. And, yes, Marco did think about either hedging or cashing out. But he didn’t have enough money left in his account to hedge.
“The cashout got as high as $2.4 million,” Marco said. “I’m not going to lie, I thought about clicking the button. Take the win, move on.”
The only reason he didn’t? Dinner arrived at the house, momentarily taking his attention away from the TV. Unfortunately, that was also the moment the Raiders threw a pick-six. That put the Pats within a touchdown of tying the game and dropped the cashout to zero.
Piemonte was crushed, convinced his bet was about to bust. Then Las Vegas tied the game with 30 seconds left.
“When the Raiders tied it the cashout went from zero back to $2.4 million,” Marco said. “I thought I had zero so you just have to live with it.”
Now he’s living with an extra $2.8 million sitting in his account. Marco said he’s up $9 million on the year but none of those wins come close to this one.
We have all done it again! Love all of you 🏈@betr pic.twitter.com/aGdY0pazvI
— Marco Piemonte (@Marco_Parlay) December 19, 2022
One of the wildest weekends in NFL history will go down as the latest bit of magic for Million Dollar Marco.
