How a Thunder championship could turn a $100 parlay into $1.7M — if the bettor keeps his ticket

Doug Greenberg

May 8, 2024, 09:33 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Wayne Shelton walked into Paycom Center on Tuesday for his first ever NBA playoff game. It was Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals between the Dallas Mavericks and the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Shelton, a single father of one and owner of a real estate appraisal business in Phoenix, Arizona, is “nervous as hell.” Over the past year, he’s become one of the Thunder’s biggest supporters — not for sentimental reasons, but because the team may help him cash the parlay of a lifetime.

Shelton avidly watches and bets on

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