Some people bet on sports for fun. Others do it with the hope to hit big and get rich. For a few, it’s simply a lifestyle. Then, there are those who use betting as a utility, a means to an end — a way to potentially multiply their money to afford something else.
That was the goal of a group of buddies in Minnesota who decided last year they wanted to make a bucket-list trip to the Old Course in Scotland for the 150th Open Championship, as told by Golf.com. Expenses were going to be more than their typical annual buddies trips, so they turned to NBA futures for extra money.