Fanatics Sportsbook Bettor Wins Report-Setting $220,000 Following Steph Curry's Premature Damage

The NBA playoffs can carry many surprises, and Steph Curry skilled the worst of all of them through the Golden State Warriors’ matchup versus the Minnesota Timberwolves on Might 6.

Nonetheless, Curry’s unlucky damage ended up being a blessing in disguise for some others.

In an unique assertion despatched to The Blast, Fanatics Sportsbook, the net playing on line casino that launched in January 2023, revealed the corporate had a record-setting evening.

Because of its Honest Play Coverage, the corporate supplied bettors over $500,000 in refunds following Steph Curry’s hamstring damage. However that is not all. The coverage, which Fanatics prolonged to the NBA playoffs, additionally helped one fortunate bettor flip a four-leg parlay into $220,000.

A Fanatics spokesperson instructed The Blast that as a result of Curry’s “premature damage” throughout final evening’s contest in opposition to Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves, their sportsbook returned over $500,000 in bets, because of their app’s Honest Play Coverage.

The coverage, which as soon as solely coated accidents in a contest’s first quarter, was lately prolonged to the NBA playoffs and rewards bettors with full refunds or payouts for all participant props impacted by accidents throughout a sport’s first half.

“If a participant unexpectedly exits a sport early, Fanatics Sportsbook pays out the Below as a winner and refunds any Over single participant prop bets,” the assertion learn. “If the participant is a part of a buyer’s parlay, Fanatics Sportsbook will click on the Below as a winner and void the parlay leg for any Overs and preserve the parlay lively with recalculated odds.”

However Fanatics has extra to be pleased with than the $500,000 in refunds. The corporate expressed its pleasure with The Blast over one other lucky bettor who additionally discovered themselves on the profitable finish of yesterday’s unlucky occasions.

Fanatics’ Honest Play Coverage additionally helped a particular buyer flip a $5,000 wager into $224,773 after Curry’s particular leg (over 28 factors) was voided.

The client created a four-leg parlay, that includes particular props like Milan versus Barcelona and the Golden State Warriors’ moneyline.

The wager’s revised odds had been +9240, making their win the most important ever saved by Fanatics’ Honest Play Coverage.

These huge payouts aren’t the primary time Fanatics has made headlines for turning participant accidents into profitable tickets.

Based on Mass Reside, in early Might 2025, the corporate paid out or refunded greater than $250,000 in bets after the Boston Celtics misplaced Kristaps Porzingis to damage throughout their sport in opposition to Jalen Brunson and the New York Knicks.

The Honest Play Coverage voided Porzingis props, inflicting one other bettor to win a five-leg parlay with +2375 odds, turning a $1,000 wager into greater than $24,000 in winnings.

After being dominated out of the Warriors’ first matchup in opposition to the Timberwolves as a result of a Grade 1 hamstring pressure, NBA insider Shams Charania revealed that the NBA champion would additionally miss his workforce’s second spherical.

The ESPN reporter famous that Curry’s damage is the primary muscle pressure of his profession earlier than sharing that he’d be compelled to sit down out for at the very least every week.

“An actual return shall be based mostly on how their All-NBA guard responds to rehab together with his first muscle pressure,” he wrote on X, previously Twitter.

Warriors participant Jimmy Butler, who joined Golden State after a messy fallout with the Miami Warmth in the midst of the season, commented on the information and expressed his issues, saying, “We would like Steph again, I’ll let you know that.”

“It’s laborious enjoying with out that man,” he continued.

Curry and Porzingis aren’t the one NBA gamers who’ve suffered an damage through the playoffs.

Damian Lillard, Ja Morant, Russell Westbrook, and Butler are among the many others who additionally noticed first-half accidents.

With Fanatics’ Honest Play Coverage, clients have obtained greater than $2 million in payouts.

General, because of the beneficiant coverage, Fanatics bettors have loved over $8 million in payouts for the reason that starting of the soccer season within the fall of 2024.